That’s why it’s all too common to see lists of reasons why Phillies fans, despite following the Best Team in Baseball with the largest division lead by far, should be upset.  This time, we’ve got a couple of things to dread from the Inquirer’s Bob Brookover, and boy, does he ever want to ruin your week.

I know, its like “What are you, just going to haphazardly tear apart another writer’s work?”  And the answer is “No, not this time.  But I am going to address it.”

“Huh,” you reply.  ”Isn’t that kind of soulless and speak to a lack of creativity on your part?”

To which I respond, “Hey, this is blogging–the ‘being in a motorcycle gang’ of the internet.”

“That’s not really an apt comparison,” says you.

“Well,” I say with a twinge of plummeting self-esteem, “then I am going to have to make some changes on my resume.” (more…)

It is years from now.  The players are gone.  The crowds are gone.  Citizens Bank Park has become, as well suspected and feared, a haunted carnival.  A monstrous Danys Baez lives somewhere underneath the ruins of the right field bleachers, terrorizing trespassers with his horrific tales what seemed at times to be truly endless inadequacies.

What has happened here, in the former home of joy, where red pinstripes once paraded down Broad Street, and the Phanatic tried to get us all to second base?  What apocalypse of enthusiasm has brought us this bitter grey skyline, backdropping the shambles of a dynasty built on victory and open mockery?

The answer:  A matter of time.  If we’re not careful, Philly’s gonna get Cleveland’d.

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