Monthly Archives: October 2008

Thoughts on Game 2

-I’ll rank the Victorino slam as the second-best Phillies moment of my life, with the Mitch Williams leap when they clinched the ’93 NLCS at #1.  When the ball came off his bat, I jumped up and opened my mouth … Continue reading

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Another Ridiculous Statistic

Wow, listen to this CRAZY stat I just heard: In Division Series history, 29 times has a team won the first two games of the series, and in TWENTY-EIGHT of them, the team that won Game 3, won the series.  … Continue reading

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NLDS Running Diary

3:12:  Cole Hamels goes 1-2-3, looking VERY impressive.  He has the second best change-up in baseball, and the fact that he threw it 3-1 and 3-2 to Cameron was huge!  3:15:  Never thought I’d say this about a pair of .249 … Continue reading

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Quick-fire Postseason Predicitions

Note: See below post for more in-depth looks at the Division Series match-ups.  With the Phillies involved, I’ll admit right away that I just can’t give completely objective opinions, but I’ll do my best.  I’m all ready on record in … Continue reading

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The “Other” Series

Not that I care about anything other than the Phillies and the Brewers, but there are other postseason series going on.  And, since my obsession with baseball began around 1986 or so, there have been 19 postseasons that did not … Continue reading

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