SOMEONE ASKED Jimmy Rollins about the Phillies' 5 1/2-game deficit in the National League East.
"Four-and-a-half," he interjected.
Informed that the first-place Braves had yet to actually lose to the White Sox, despite trailing by a healthy margin in the eighth inning, he didn't miss a beat.
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