Oh well… Life goes on. Still, I liked last year’s season ending phone calls a whole hell of a lot better. If last year didn’t happen, I would probably be pretty devastated right now. However, 27 years as a Philadelphia sports fan has taught me very well that you can’t win em all. Hell, it taught me you can’t win any of em… until you do. After all the fun we had last year, I never even thought it was possible that we could go for it again. Ironically, it wasn’t until we won a couple against the Yankees in NY early in the season that the thought even popped into my head. Then with all the bullpen issues we’ve had since then, that idea dissipated to the point where I wasn’t even sure we’d win the division. So I guess this whole postseason run should probably have all been gravy. I mean winning the division 3 years in a row and winning the NL 2 years in a row would have made Spring 2007 Me question everything I thought was possible. 3 seasons ago when the Mets collapsed and we first took the division, it was hard to know what to expect. Then when they did it again, this time seemingly as a team of destiny, you knew you had something special. Now, I have a couple of 2008 World Series Champion t-shirts commemorating a team that I love, a team that plays hard every day and a team that is still in a really good position to fight for our division and league championships next year while trying to win back what is rightfully theirs, a World Series Championship. Remember this day Phillies fans. It doesn’t sting nearly as much as ’93. You now know anything’s possible. We CAN get back and we CAN win it all. Just ask those 2007 Boston Red Sox who had a really good team and just took a couple of years off before winning their trophy back. It’s now November. Pitchers and catchers report in just over 3 months. Until then, I’ll leave you with your regularly scheduled programming.
And remember… we’ll always be the only World Fucking Champions.
I’m currently watching: MLB Baseball: World Series, Game 6: Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees