{"id":201,"date":"2008-10-27T11:11:58","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T16:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=201"},"modified":"2008-10-27T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T16:11:58","slug":"it-aint-over-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"It Ain’t Over Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I sat and soaked in all of the post-game glory on Comcast Sportsnet and Fox last night, I suddenly had a sobering thought: this series isn’t over yet!\u00a0 Now, I don’t want to be the wet blanket thrown on everyone’s celebratory mood, but there will be plenty <\/em>of time for rejoicing and celebrating after the final out of the series is recorded, hopefully some time around 11:45 tonight.<\/p>\n

The TV commentators and newsmen out at the bars refused to acknowledge that the\u00a0Phillies could still lose.\u00a0 With a 10-2 Game 3 rout, a 3-1 series lead, and Cole Hamels taking the mound at home in Game 5, it’s not hard to understand some pre-mature celebrating.\u00a0 I was\u00a0doing it\u00a0too, but the fact of the matter is that crazier things have happened.\u00a0 Yes, Hamels has been unbeatable in the post-season, and there’s no reason to think that will stop now.\u00a0 Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins have come out of their slumps in a big way.\u00a0 But, if the Rays can manage to\u00a0pull out a win tonight,\u00a0they’ll be heading home knowing that they won’t have to deal with Hamels again in the\u00a0series.\u00a0 They’ll need two wins at home (where they had the best home record in baseball this season), and they’ll be going against\u00a0a pitcher they beat in Game 2 and a 45-year-old that blew up in his\u00a0only two road starts of this post-season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Phillie players will have to forget about all those questions they got after the game last night, asking them to sum up what it feels like to be on the brink of a championship.\u00a0 It has to be all about Game 5 now.\u00a0 They can’t rest on their laurels assuming that Hamels will be unhittable.\u00a0 This is a time for team leaders to step up and get everyone focused on doing it just one more time.\u00a0 One more time,\u00a0one more win, then, as Charlie said, “we’re going to make a grand parade”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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