Road To 10,000 Losses: Coste With The Most

Road to 10,000 Losses is a countdown to the Phillies’ 10,000th loss, coming sometime later this year. With a 4-1 loss to the Cubs yesterday, the Phillies stand at 9975 losses, only 25 away from 10,000.

It was Mother’s Day. There was a packed house. The Phillies actually won three straight games heading in to the game. They could sweep the Cubs and move within a game of .500. Every woman 15 and older had a Chase Utley blanket to wrap themselves in.

The Phillies responded by scoring just one run, on a throwing error in the bottom of the 8th inning. With the Phillies down, 4-1, Utley singled with two outs in the ninth and was thrown out trying to take second. The Fightins failed to get their first sweep of the season, their first since a sweep of the Marlins put the Phils into the Wild Card lead with a week to play last season.

But all is not lost! The Phillies might not even lose 25 more games this season, as they’ve called up the savior. I’m referring to, of course, Chris Coste, who was called up when Ryan Howard went on the DL. Howard hit a pinch-hit grand slam on Wednesday to help the Phils beat the Diamondbacks but has been having quad problems. He hurt the quad because he ate too many Big Macs instead of Subway sandwiches.

Coste hit .328 in 65 games for the Phillies last season. The 33-year-old rookie also drove in 32 RBI, and although he’s hitting .233 for the Phillies’ AAA affiliate this year, he’s become the rallying cry for everything that’s wrong with the franchise by fans and bloggers alike. If my calculations are correct, Coste will hit .368 this year with 17 homers and 107 RBI, playing first and, when Howard returns, third.

World Series here we come.

A word on numbers: Unless I did something like add incorrectly — which is perfectly possible — the numbers I have are correct. See this post for more info.

Howard goes on the shelf; Phillies recall Coste [Beerleaguer]