Phillies In World Series

So the Phillies are in the World Series for the first time since I was twelve years old and it still doesn't feel real. I haven't posted on this site in a few months as I've been so busy with so many other things in the real world including a new job, moving and other annoyances. The Phillies won the Pennant. Let's repeat that: The Phillies Won The Pennant! That has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? So no matter what happens in the next week, the Phillies will be putting a banner up next season. The only question is whether it will be the franchise's 2nd World Series banner or 6th National League Pennant. The Phillies will be facing the upstart Tampa Bay Rays, a team not expected to really compete this season but one that turned out to dominant the toughest division in baseball for most of the year. I personally picked the Rays as my team that would compete this year but be unstoppable next sesaon as all their young talent got a little older. So I was off a year, I suppose. Of course, no one else in the world, including the Rays themselves, thought so either. The Phillies would probably have matched up better with the Red Sox but that's life. The Rays have great young pitching, underrated young players, and a decent bullpen. All in all it should be a hell of a series. The Phillies will come down to three players on offense: Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, and Jimmy Rollins. They are the heart and soul of this team and have been so for the past four seasons. If those three show up and play like they can play, the Phillies can win. If they go 3 for 27, then we're in trouble. We've got the pitching, we've got the bullpen and we've got great role players like Jayson Werth and Shane Victorino. If the heart of this lineup hits like it can hit, then we can win. It'll all be over in the next 10 days.

Go Phillies!