How did it come to this?

Sometimes you wonder how it all came to this?

The Phillies, needing a win in the worst way, fresh from a day off- and the best bullpen option they have to face the Red Sox order, up a run in the 12th inning, is some person named Condrey? And right there- as you watched Condrey slopped up his AAA-level sinker- you realized this situation is untenable.

I suspect the Mets and Cardinals and teams that win don’t run Condrey- or a guy like him- out there in that kind of spot. But, part and parcel, the Phillies are now a bad team for awhile- so I guess we'll have to get used to him. It is now like a maxim: As long as Condrey continues to get the ball in one-run games, the Phillies are not good.

And it is not like you can find solace anywhere else either. World Cup from yesterday: two games, one goal.

In sadder news, the world’s oldest living creature- Harriett- passed away after almost two centuries of life. During that time, she was witness to two world wars and one Phillies World Series’ victory. Learn more about Harriet here.