The Phillies were eliminated from the postseason Wednesday by the New York Mets, losing the series 3-1 to their divisional nemesis. “We could have done it,” a disappointed Ivana Gonzalez, a 33-year-old from Brewerytown, said outside of her workplace at City Hall Thursday morning. “We can’t win against their bullpen?! What are we doing here?!”

As a group this is the closest to death we’re ever going to get, so in a way, we should feel the most alive,” Nick Castellanos said after Tuesday night’s 7-2 loss dropped