On the concourse at Coca-Cola Park.No baseball today, at least no Phillies today. Late in June I walked out of the Oakland stadium thinking that the Phillies were basically done for this season, and they really haven't played any better since then. Last year they surged from May on. This year they've been doing a slow fade, despite better pitching. The pitching, too, is now failing them. It's the time of year when all you've got to do is just win but this year this team, notoriously strong finishers, does not seem to have it in them. The invoice for post-season tix languishes on my desk.
