One word says it all.
(Like Obama, I'd definitely like to see a new economic stimulus package in the off-season, with big-ticket spending on a new closer and maybe another starter. So what if it bankrupts future generations of Phillies -- Reagan proved that deficits don't matter.)
Meanwhile, in 2009,the Phillies are very much alive. Any other team, you'd probably give a 10, 15 percent chance of coming back in the Bronx, in a $1.5 billion plastic replica of baseball's most hallowed ground. These guys, I'd say, are a 50-50 shot to pull off a miracle. And the above-pictured Charlie Manuel will be rightly hailed as a genius if they do; the Phillies have essentially played the baseball version of "rope-a-dope" here by hanging back and saving their best pitching matchups for Game 5 -- you knew they'd get to A.J. Burnett eventually -- and Game 6, where I very much like Pedro over a tired Andy Pettite or a guy the Phillies would absolutely destroy, mediocre right-hander Chad Gaudin. That leaves Game 7, and a horrible mess thanks to the Cole Hamels psychodrama. Either way, brace youself for a week that Philadelphia will be talking about for a long, long time.
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That cover is an absolute classic.— Talking point sleuth
I wish Charlie were President.— jmc- Comment removed.
- Nice job, Will. You broke the Curse of Attytood last night. It's clear now that your posts don't cause the Phils to lose. I'm sure now, that Phillies fans will stop venting their hatred at you post after post, day after day. LOL!— Talking point sleuth
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- "Since when did Philadelphia become Mayberry, NC." It hasn't...but Philadelphia should be so lucky.— legatus
- You're right Nick....why not act metropolitan and criticize a guy who lived in another country and can speak another language. He definitely hasn't reached the level of sophistication you have.— HandNik
Game 7 is JA Happ's.— Mr. Smith- Comment removed.
- You want to start Happ who hasn't started in over a month? The Phils onlt legitimate starter is Hamels (as unfortunate as that is). Happ is a rookie and he hasn't pitched very well in the last two months. Go with Hamels and take him out if he gets in trouble. Everybody better be ready to pitch in game 7 (except Pedro). GO PHILS!!!!!— James TL
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