Claims extracted
30
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
2 of 30 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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The Phillies took advantage of a Mets fold to reach the postseason in 2007, but nearly 20 years later, they are on the verge of their own collapse.
asserted
they → take → collapse
The Phils lost for the ninth time in 14 games Friday night, and their lead for the final wild-card spot in the National League is down to one game over the Diamondbacks with two games remaining.
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games → lose → Diamondbacks
Arizona holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.
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Arizona → hold → tiebreaker
The Phils have scored two runs during their three-game losing streak, including Friday’s 2-0 loss to the Rays, and their postgame show on NBC Sports Philadelphia — with host Michael Barkan and analysts Ricky Bottalico and Ruben Amaro Jr. — unloaded on the flailing team after the game.
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show → score → game
Ruben, I would submit to you, they would flip the table if they could make contact with the table …
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they → submit → table
Guess what, this season’s not just spiraling down the drain, it is choking down the drain,” Barkan said.
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Barkan → guess → drain
“And if you’re watching this in that clubhouse, prove me wrong.
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me → watch → clubhouse
I’ll be glad to eat my words.
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I → eat → words
“There are two games remaining in this regular season and this team has lost nine of its last 14 games.
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team → be → games
This is a September to forget, an epic September to forget for the Phillies, who have shown us very little this month.
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who → forget → little
I wish I had some daylight for you, folks.
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I → wish → you
I wish I had some hope …
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I → wish → hope
Right how I expect very little from this team with Arizona now [one game] back of a playoff spot.”
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Arizona → expect → spot
Amaro interjected, “That’s not nice,” during Barkan’s opening remarks, but Bottalico quickly added that “Michael’s not wrong” in his blunt assessment.
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Michael → interject → assessment
“No.1, I think you had your hope.
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you → think → hope
You had Christopher Sanchez go out there and throw a nice game for ya.
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Sanchez → have → ya
What did you do offensively?
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you → do → What
Absolutely jack,” the former All-Star closer said.
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closer → say → ?
“I mean, think about this, all this money that you put into all these players, who were supposed to be these big-time players.
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who → mean → players
“All you had to do was win one stinking game.
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you → have → game
I mean, you sit here and you wait for this team to win one stinking game.
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team → mean → game
Bottalico added that he could “feel the tension at the ballpark” among the unhappy crowd at Citizens Bank Park.
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he → add → Park
“They’re not there to necessarily go crazy for the home team; they are there to let them know that they know what’s going on right now,” Bottalico said.
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Bottalico → ’re → team
“And this team is not playing up to snuff.
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team → play → snuff
OK, they’re doing fine.
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they → do → ?
“But how in the world do you score two runs in three games when you need a win?
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you → score → win
If there is a pressure situation on a team, these guys that are paid that money are the guys that are supposed to step up.
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that → be → money
It’s not happening.”
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It → happen → ?
The Diamondbacks, meanwhile, have won six consecutive games, including Friday’s 11-4 rout of the Padres — and they’re feeling themselves.
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they → win → themselves
“Something magical is going to happen here,” shortstop Geraldo Perdomo said, per MLB.com.
In 2007, the Mets led the Phillies by seven games with 17 to play before going 5-12 and relinquishing the NL East title on the final day of the regular season.
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Mets → go → season
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