⚾ Still in shock | Sports Daily Newsletter

Regardless of whether you stayed up late last night to watch the end of the Phillies’ first of 10 games out on the West Coast or you didn’t, chances are Sunday’s walk-off winner is still very much on the mind. That game, an unreal six-run, two-out ninth-inning stretch that saw the Phillies beat the Cardinals, was the club’s ninth win since before they stepped out of an Iowa cornfield to put a hurt on the Twins during the Field of Dreams game. The Phillies entered last night’s game against Seattle first in the major leagues with a .370 on-base percentage for the month of August. In July, they were dead last with a .303 OBP. None of this makes any sense, but taking the ride for our amusement all season has been Inquirer writer Scott Lauber, who breaks down what is going on and how long it co