That sweep in Miami got us feeling just a little too comfortable, didn’t it? The Phillies finished the “first half” by winning three games in a stadium where they haven’t often succeeded, and combined with the subsequent four days off, the team went a good week and a half without doing anything to give the fans a sense of angst. And for the briefest of moments, we might have forgotten just how annoying it can be to be a Phillies fan.
So much for that. The sweep at the hands of a weak Cubs team went a long way towards erasing whatever good feelings fans harbored for the team.