Rob Thomson knows the narrative.
The Phillies’ interim manager has seen — both from afar and up close — the last four seasons worth of Phillies September collapses. When his team started the month of September 0-2 (now 0-3) after a separate 1-3 stretch led into it, he heard the chatter that the four-year collapse streak was tracking to extend to five.
He, for one, doesn’t buy it.
Before the Phillies’ series finale against the Giants in San Francisco on Sunday, Thomson explained why he doesn’t see much merit in the September Collapse storyline that’s followed the Phillies the last four years (through their own doing, to be sure) and certainly isn’t dissipating after a rocky start to the final full month of the 2022 regular season.