The talk after Monday’s Game 2, aside from the bunt heard ‘round the world, the ice-cold bats, the manager, the next game’s starter, the familiarity of this meltdown, was the fans.
Not the fans directly. But how the Phillies play in front of them, and what was said about them after a second straight home loss put them on the brink of not returning to those fans until March.
Bryce Harper isn’t having it.
“I don’t feel that way,” Harper said a day later about whether it’s good to get away from Citizens Bank Park. “I mean, I love playing at the Bank.