Phillies Fans Too Angry To Spellcheck Banners

A big 13-3 win last night kept the Phillies teetering at 9,999 losses, but that didn’t stop the fans from celebrating.

Fans draped a banner over the second deck that read “7 Stadiums, 52 managers, 2150 players, 10,000 loses.”

Hooray! The Mets lost, so the Phils are only four games back in the surprisingly kinda crappy NL East. I swear, the Phils are gonna be stuck on 9,999 losses for about two weeks, all because of the good karma from their tarp assistance before the break.

Phillies 13, Cardinals 3 [AP/Yahoo!]

Road To 10,000 Losses: Same As It Ever Was

Road to 10,000 Losses is a countdown to the Phillies’ 10,000th loss, coming sometime later this year. With a 2-1 loss to the Reds Friday night and wins on Saturday and Sunday, the Phillies stand at 9966 losses, only 34 away from 10,000.

You could see it coming.

With the bats silent for yet another night, the Phillies took advantage of two errors on one play earlier in the game and led the Cincinnati Reds going into the bottom of the ninth inning, 1-0. With the Phillies one out away from their first two-game winning streak of the season… well, you know how this one always goes.

The Phils’ closer, Tom Gordon, gave up a solo homer on a 3-1 count in the bottom of the ninth, then surrendered a bases-loaded single to give the Reds the win in the 10th again. The Phillies are now 0-4 in extra-inning games.

The Phillies rallied to win the next two games over the Reds, and now have won a modest 3 out of 4. They’re now 6-11, which looks a hell of a lot better than 2-8, even though it only means they’ve gone 4-3 in their last seven.

Only 34 to go. I don’t know how they’ll lose ‘em, but I expect they’ll find a way to infuriate me and the rest of Philadelphia.