Philadelphia Phillies manager Joe Girardi probably wishes he could cover his eyes with his mask. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Philly not so special: Phillies' fielding fiasco is for the Birds

Originally posted on Sportsnaut | By Jesse Reed | Last updated 8/11/20

With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the ninth inning in a tie game against the Baltimore Orioles, the Philadelphia Phillies completely fell apart at the seams.

Engineering the absolute worst mistake of the season so far, a routine infield fly turned into two runs for the Orioles as nobody had a clue what to do. Check out this ghastly faux pas, as three different players refused to claim this pop fly.

Well, it took all of 12 games. I’m done with the 2020 Phillies. pic.twitter.com/XSeHcgh3E9
— Made For Philly (@MadeForPhilly) August 12, 2020

Phillies fans on Twitter were quite a heated lot.

This Phillies team is pathetic @MarcFarzetta
— Jake Kauffman (@JakeKauffman5) August 12, 2020

Mood @phillies #phillies pic.twitter.com/G0QnUEtAy5
— jerry pennington (@jpeny10) August 12, 2020

Fact: The @Phillies are the most embarrassing team in baseball
— Zack (@Diiingy) August 12, 2020

My comprehensive plan to fix the Phillies:

Fire everyone except Harper and Realmuto

That’s it that’s the strategy
— tim (@urbane_turtle) August 12, 2020