Go Phillies!

[grayhawkfh]

Now, I am not a baseball fan. To me, watching baseball on TV is only slightly less boring than watching golf. Going to a game in person is better. I have a number of find memories of going to games with my dad.

Still, despite my overall lack of interest in the game, I tend to keep an eye on the Phillies. And with last nights win over the Dodgers, they have earned a place in the World Series!

I'll be keeping an eye on the games. I wanna see them win. I wanna see the victory parade in Philly.

I'll probably be playing WarCrack while the games are on. But they'll be on.

GO PHILLIES!!!!

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[rileybear67.livejournal.com]

D came bouncing into the living room with a HUGE grin on his face. He then asked me "Can I get a Phillies cap?"

I asked him if he was going to be a baseball fan now and he assured me no..... We'll see!

[dr-zrfq.livejournal.com]

I'm more of a baseball fan than you are, GH, and I am *immensely* pleased. The Phillies have been my favorite NL team ever since the 1970s Mets ownership basically gave away the good parts of the team (including, eventually, trading away Tom Seaver) and let the rest rot.

My 17th year was a pretty amazing one for me as a sports fan. The USA hockey team won the Olympic gold medal on my 16th birthday. The Sixers made the NBA finals (but lost to the Lakers). My favorite NHL team, the Islanders, beat the Flyers in the Stanley Cup finals. The Lehigh Valley's own Pennsylvania Stoners won the American Soccer League title. After Christmas, the Eagles would make the Super Bowl (only to lose to Oakland *spit*).

And in the fall, the Phillies won the World Series.

From the time school started, my friends and I listened to the games on the radio; first hoping that the Phils would outlast the Expos (yes, the Expos) for the division title, then surviving through an NLCS that went the limit and beyond (the last FOUR games went to extra innings!!!) and featured the notorious 15-20 minute umps conference in the top of the fourth of Game 4, while they tried to decide whether a low liner back to the pitcher had been caught or trapped, and whether the result was therefore a triple play, double play, or a single out. (Eventually it was ruled a double play, and Larry Bowa grounded out to end the inning. The Phillies won the game in ten.)

After that, the World Series was almost anticlimactic, though the top of the ninth of the final game was dramatic. With the Phils leading 4-1, the Royals loaded the bases with one out. Frank White hit a foul pop that bounced off Bob Boone's glove, but Pete Rose snagged it out of the air for the second out. Then Tug McGraw struck out WIllie Wilson, and the Phils won their only World Series title to date.

Now they have another chance at title number two. Go Phillies!