There are Tears and Laughter Forever After,
Tomorrow, Just You Wait and See…
The three games the Phillies played against the Yankees in the new Yankee Stadium over Memorial Day Weekend were quite the most wonderful three games in a row I can ever remember since the championships – before and since. And I think there’s an explanation for this. The fact that both the Yankees and the Phillies are Champions conveys “Team-Ness” upon them. A special kind of glory, the knowledge of what it has taken, and a relaxed view of what it will take again. That’s why Jimmy Rollins predicts it will be the Yanks & the Phils down at the Wire. I think so too. Look who the Phils have added in left field: Raul Ibanez. Could you have designed a more wonderful player? A more poetic guy? And the way he speaks and carries himself! Talk about meeting all of my biases!!!
The Phils didn’t lose that second game, Brad Lidge blew a save. He walked the very handsome Johnny Damon and threw a slider A-Rod could not resist – of course not! This was sad, but not life-threatening.
In the third game Carlos Ruiz showed all of his talents, not just catching but throwing, oh so well, blocking the plate, oh so staunchly and heartily and hitting, oh so importantly. He was the hero of that game. As a team the Phillies were mighty. Cheers to new Phillie John Mayberry for hitting a homer on his first at bat! And jeers to Jayson Werth for playing without shaving.
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