PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber had one question as the National League home run champion addressed a jam-packed Phillies crowd that came to celebrate a division crown and get pumped for Red October.

“Are the Birds winning?” Schwarber asked, as Phillies fans cheered.

Was that a rhetorical question?

Of course the Birds were winning. That’s what the reigning Super Bowl champions do.

The Eagles won again — for the 20th time in their last 21 games to the delight of Schwarber and all Philadelphia sports fans — even as their road to victory in Tampa Bay that gave them a 4-0 start was one of the ugliest of late for one of four undefeated teams in the NFL.

Not good enough!

“You guys may look at the record,” Hurts said of the Philly media, “and be a hound for negativity, in some regard.”

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