Game 162 is in the books. With a 3-1 win against the Braves, most interesting, frustrating, vexing, perplexing season in six years has come to an end.
This Phillies team may not have been the most successful team, or the most exciting team. But they were a necessary team. These Phillies had to exist to give us whatever is going to come next.
And whatever comes next might be great and amazing, or it might not. But this is what trying looks like. Trying is frustrating because it doesn’t always work, but they’re moving forward with a philosophy and a plan.