WERTHLESS ENDEAVOR

"Every loss hurts, but I mean, we had the lead and [Bergmann] was pitching very good and we thought we had a very good chance today to snap out of it."
(Manny Acta, via Washington Post, 8/19/2008)

Phillies 5, NAAAts 4: ...and the beat goes on, Nationals clinch losing season. Eleven in a row, but who's counting?

Don't pin this one on Bergmann's botched sac bunt in sixth; he did his job.

Meanwhile...

• The miracle of Jesus: he really was day-to-day!
• How about letting Kearns rediscover his stroke on the bench?
• Philly Boo-birds love Jimmy Rollins. BeerLeaguer calls it a 50-50 Boo-to-Yay split.
• Casto back to AAA.
• FLop is having fun in StL.

(AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)