WE INTERRUPT this Phillies story to check in with a couple of friends, Ellen and Clark.
"Clark, I think it'd be best if everyone went home - before things get worse."
"Worse? How could things get any worse? Take a look around here, Ellen! We're at the threshold of hell!"
And now back to your regularly scheduled programming of baseball in Philadelphia, where we're halfway through the season.
Things couldn't get much worse for the Phillies, could they? When you have the worst record in baseball, a front office in flux, and a fan base fleeing the premises, it's a pretty low bar to clear if you're looking for improvement in the final three months.