PHILADELPHIA — Bryson Stott stutter-stepped across home plate. He gave a two-handed high-five two Alec Bohm and elbow-bashed with Kyle Schwarber. Then, as Stott walked down into the dugout, he was met by Rhys Hoskins, arms aloft and jumping up and down.
By golly, the Phillies were actually having fun.
OK, so maybe it was all a coincidence. Or at least a confluence of events. But after seeing Joe Girardi get fired earlier in the day, the cold-blooded reality of a high-payroll team with a losing record, the Phillies welcomed the freefalling Los Angeles Angels to town and throttled them, 10-0, in the sort of five-homer power display that was supposed to be their trademark this season.
