Frustrating losses come for every team in every season, but if you’re the Phillies, who just lost two of three to the Red Sox, you look yourself in the mirror, remind yourself you have the best record in baseball, then take the field the next day and gut out a win against the Orioles.
But if you’re the San Francisco Giants—a team fighting for .500—the bathroom mirror is cloudy and cracked and you really can’t get a good look at the mug staring back at ya. Who even are you? Uncertainty resurfaces that lingering fear: Oh god, are we the Angels?