There’s nothing like a fair playing field. When it comes to Major League Baseball, that’s what you expect. The game is about tradition, history and family. Steroids? Dynasties? Players looking forward to next season when their team is in the World Series? Nah.
But, that’s what made the Phillies’ run so amazing. Call me a die-hard fan or a sore loser, but when you’re going up against a team with the highest payroll in baseball, twenty-six world championships, a minimum of two cheaters, and a shortstop so pretty he even distracts opposing hitters, what more can you do? Based on the circumstances, I think the Phillies played their hearts out.
(Speaking of heart, broadcaster Harry Kalas was sorely missed. He was a big part of what the Phillies are all about.)
We were looking good after Game 1, but so was Ashley Simpson before she grabbed the mic on SNL. At least our guys were really swinging at those pitches. Anyway, Cliff Lee was the man in that game, as was Chase Utley. If the World Series was like the Super Bowl, where everything was on the line for only one game and only your best players started at every position, we would have been set.
Pedro Martinez pitched his heart out in Game 2, and while I give him a ton of credit, I mean that literally.
Don’t get me started on Game 3. If baseball had any sense at all, they would do everything in their power to speed up the game, not slow it down by adding video replay. A good idea would be to make a foul ball on the third strike an out. That would at least get the fans in LA to stay past the third inning.
Game 5 was a heartbreaker. Ryan Madson pitched his way out of a jam in the 8th inning and showed a lot of grit, so what did skip do? Took him out and put in the always reliable Brad Lidge. The stress balls were out in Philly.
We might have gotten a win in Game 6, but then had to be put through the torturous pain of watching a rerun of Godzilla, and the Yankees winning their 27th title.
Philly will be back to the show for the third time in a row next season. And they’ll have a lot less miles on them than the Yankees. Also, Ian you suck.*
*I bet my friend “Big Head” Ian that the Phillies would win the WS again this year. Obviously, I lost. And it is infuriating. You will never meet a luckier SOB then Ian.
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One major sports championship in 26 years and counting for the Philadelphia area. When will anyone learn that rooting for Philly is like waiting for the girl who won’t sleep with you to sleep with you. You are so filled with hope only to go home with a broken heart.