And they break my heart again...

After a stirring ninth-inning rally to pull within a game of the wild-card leaders, the Phils go down without much noise to Eric Milton, he of the ERA above 6.50. He of the predilection for surrendering gopher balls, pitching in the bandbox that is Great America.

They do it over and over, these Phils. Why do I still care? Will medical science develop therapy to undo the damage done to the genome (I have to believe it is that deeply embedded, or else I would have been cured long ago) in the youth of fans who pull for this club?

Perhaps I should focus my remaining career on this cure.

Go Indians!