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Six-word short stories about the Phillies

It is said that the great American author Ernest Hemingway was once tasked to write a story in just six words. Hemingway delivered, or so the story goes, and a famous work of fiction was born.

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

The six-word story has since become a popular format. Often, these stories are tragic, sometimes humorously so. This is another favorite of mine.

Found true love. Married someone else.

-Dave Eggers

To me, the six-word short story seems like the perfect way to write about the Phillies thus far.