Anybody know which of those teams that was playing at Citizens Bank Park over the weekend was in first place?

I know, it was hard to tell.

The Phillies had a chance this weekend to do what the Mets could not do to them the past couple of years. That is, drive a stake through their hearts and put them away.

Instead, the Phils did their best Gotham impersonation.

Instead of being up by eight or nine games, the Phils now can see the Marlins clearly in the rear-view mirror. The Marlins came in and kicked the Phillies all over their home turf. This morning they are just four games back. And the Braves are right behind them, just four and a half back.

It’s not so much that the Phils lost three games to the Marlins, it’s the way they went about it on what was clearly a Lost Weekend.

Yesterday they looked almost disinterested. They got another mediocre effort from Jamie Moyer, and they continued what is quickly becoming their trademark, inability to hit with runners on base.

Moyer gave way to the bullpen, and the difference from last fall could not be more clear.

When the dust cleared, the Phils were licking their wounds, along with a
12-3 defeat.

And they still have to figure out what they are going to do with Moyer, with Pedro Martinez waiting in the wings.

On the whole, not a very good weekend in South Philly.

And don’t even get me started on the Eagles.