The Phillies are in the Playoffs for the first time sine 1993! As I promised the mohawk is there, though unfortunately not dyed red. The Playoffs start Wednesday, but who will we be facing? San Diego or Colorado. Whoever wins tonight's one game playoff will be a tough opponent but I'm sure the Phillies, everyone from MVP candidate Jimmy Rollins, Chase "the Man" Utley, fearless slugger Ryan Howard, bullpen spark J.C. Romero, "Flyin Hawaiian" Shane Victorino, Ace Cole Hamels, the mentor Jamie Moyer, the beast Jayson Werth, "face first" Aaron Rowand, the natural Greg Dobbs, Kyle "the kid" Kendricks, the energetic Brett Myers and Big Bat Pat Burrell will be ready.
I know, I know thats a long list of players but I love this team. And honestly its not because they made the playoffs, there is still a lot of season to be played, I love this team because they never gave up. They started the season 4-11. They faced a myriad of injuries to key players. Losing Howard early on, Utley's broken hand, lost Victorino and speedy Bourn during the same game, Hamels, Garcia, Lieber, Myers, Madson, Barajas... the list goes on and on. They overcame a faulty pitching staff. A haphazardly constructed bull pen, a decimated starting rotation. And yet they proved as Rollins predicted that they are the "team to beat in the east." It's only fitting that on the last day of the regular season that this team accomplished the impossible.
But like I said, there's still games to be played. They broke one drought, the phil's thirteen year playoff drought, but can they end another greater one? The city of Philadelphia's 24 year search for a championship?
Believe.
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