Phillies fan mood — September 25, 2026
28
Not Again
▼ 22 PTS VS. 30-DAY BASELINE (50)
01 · Trend
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02 · The vibe
How Philly felt about the Phillies, that day
Disgust and embarrassment have replaced anxiety — with a potential all-time collapse now tangible, champagne still on ice, and an injured cleanup hitter, Phillies fans are staring into the void rather than bracing for it.
03 · The count
The scoring dimensions
Dimension
Score
Score
Confidence
Results satisfaction
18↓ 34
conf 92
Pitching confidence
58↓ 10
conf 75
Lineup confidence
20↓ 22
conf 90
Health outlook
28↓ 27
conf 80
Manager confidence
30↓ 28
conf 60
Front-office trust
22↓ 33
conf 72
Postseason belief
22↓ 20
conf 85
04 · Cheers & groans
What was working and what was not
-9
Offensive collapse at the worst possible moment
Two runs over the last two games, 0-for-12 with RISP in one outing, a .225 team average in September — the August approach has completely evaporated with the playoffs on the line.
-7
Araiz injury clouds the lineup and October plans
A freak ankle injury on a disputed call removes the cleanup hitter for likely the rest of the regular season, shrinking an already thin lineup and raising serious questions about his availability for a wildcard series.
+6
Painter's emergence as a genuine October piece
Six innings, eight strikeouts, a double-plus changeup — Andrew Painter's strong finish gives the rotation real depth and is the clearest bright spot in an otherwise gloomy week.
-7
Alvarado and the bullpen remain the fatal flaw
Alvarado's eighth-inning meltdown in a must-win game, velocity down nearly two miles per hour, left-handers torching him — the bullpen's tightrope act is unsustainable heading into October.
-6
Front office and coaching staff facing existential scrutiny
Kevin Long is called a 'dinosaur' coaching 2010 hitting in a breaking-ball era; Dombrowski's roster construction — Turner's contract, catcher production, deadline inaction — is openly labeled the root cause of the team's ceiling problem.
05 · In the air
Hot takes from fans, journalists, and loudmouths
*As read by Phan-o-meter
Red October is trending more toward like Red Wedding right now.
Podcastscore 8
I can honestly tell you I feel physically freaking affected by the Phillies.
Podcastscore 6
It feels like a Waymo. They've been in the driver's seat for weeks and they drove it right into an oak tree.
Podcastscore 18
Kevin Long is a freaking dinosaur. He is teaching hitting from 2010. It is 2026.
Podcastscore 12
Hittin' Season and Phillies Talk / The Phillies Show hosts share deep alarm about the offensive collapse and bullpen fragility, with cautious hope anchored almost entirely in the starting rotation and Painter's emergence.
Fan analystscore 35
Talk-radio hosts on WIP describe physical nausea, invoke 1964, and frame a potential playoff miss as a top-three collapse in Philadelphia sports history; callers are furious at Dombrowski, Long, Turner, and Harper.
Talk radioscore 12
YouTube commenters are overwhelmingly disgusted — calling Harper washed, blaming the front office for assembling 'used to be' players, and expressing numbness or embarrassment rather than panic.
Fan commentsscore 14
06 · At the gate
Attendance
Recent gate, 14-day window
86.7%
-10.3pp vs. 97.0% baseline · 2025 same-calendar-window
Fans are voting with their feet
Sentiment is what people say; the gate is what they do. Capacity is 42,901 at Citizens Bank Park; the baseline compares against 25 games from last year's same calendar window.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance | % Cap. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEP 24 THU | vs. MIL | L 1-5 | 37,177 | 86.7% |
| SEP 23 WED | vs. MIL | L 1-4 | 37,271 | 86.9% |
| SEP 22 TUE | vs. MIL | W 6-4 | 37,132 | 86.6% |