No, it wasn't a nightmare. That really just happened.

The 96-win Phillies, fresh off their best regular-season campaign of their current era, once again collapsed in epic and dramatic fashion.

Their NLDS loss to the Dodgers — coming after a five-day bye week thanks to them earning the NL's 2-seed — wasn't just an early exit for a team favored to make the World Series. It was as agonizing a series loss as any team in any sport can ever have.

The Phillies were in every single game, and each of their three losses can be traced back to one mistake, or managerial decision. The Phillies probably should have won this series.

There will be plenty of time to look forward and decide what this team should do next — we have three weeks of stories planned here at PhillyVoice on that topic. But let'

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