The Phillies have suffered through what has nearly been 5 straight shutouts. Were it not for a perfect game and Cameron Maybin’s antics afield, the Phillies could be in the midst of one of the worst 5 game losing streaks of history.

As bad as that sounds, it’s not like the offense is broken. There’s a lot of angles to approach illustrating that, I’m going to take the easiest and link you to some other articles:

-Bill Baer at Crashburn Alley advises patience while citing research from JC Bradbury (basically, slumps happen)

-Pat Andriola at THT Live wonders if we’re trying too hard to contextualize a random occurrence

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Some of you have noticed my post rate is way down. I’m in the midst of moving from Minnesota to D.C. I’ve also started writing for The Hardball Times Live. I’m excited about the opportunity to write about league wide activities. If you head over to the THT Live page you can find my articles about Buster Posey and Stephen Strasburg. The Carlos Santana profile will be published tomorrow. I will still be posting here as needed.