Sunday, September 30, 2007

Wonders never cease

It’s well known that I’m a phan oph the Philadelphia Phillies.  It’s all the more well known that the Phillies are historically the prime exemplar oph major league baseball phutility.  As I posted this summer, the Phils are the only club in major league history to have been on the losing end oph 10,000 games.  They’ve lost 311 more games than Atlanta, even though the Braves have played 532 more games than the Phils.

Today, though, WHO CARES ABOUT ALL THAT???

Today, at the end oph the 2007 baseball season, the Philadelphia Phillies are the National League East champions!!



Unlike 22 major league teams, the Phils will play in October this year.  They don’t yet know who they’ll be playing come Wednesday, but they will be playing.  Their opponent will be either the San Diego Padres or the Colorado Rockies, who will meet Monday in Denver to decide who will be this year’s NL wildcard. 

On phirst glance, you’d have to phavor the Padres in that one, since their starting pitcher, Jake Peavy, is all but certain to win the league’s Cy Young Award (he’s already won the “pitching triple crown”, topping the Senior Circuit in wins, ERA, and strikeouts).  But you might also have expected phuture Hall oph Phamer Tom Glavine to pitch well phor the New York Mets this aphternoon, and he was pummelled ophph the mound aphter giving up 5 hits, 2 walks, and 7 runs in just a third oph an inning.  In addition, the Rockies have been smokin’ hot, victorious in 13 oph their last 14 games.

I don’t have a prepherence in the play-in game.  At this point, it’s all gravy phor a Phillies phan.