First off, last night was crazy. Going into the series, everybody was talking about the Rays bats, and how much power they showed in their series against the Red Sox. But thru the first 4 games, the Phillies have held them at bay, except Carl Crawford. Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena have been completely shut down. On the other hand, our bats have been great. Forget that we are not doing good with runners in scoring position. We have came thru when it counted and scored when we needed it. Take game 3 for example. When the Rays tied it in the 8th, the Phillies loaded the bases and scored without recording a single out. It seems like every inning, our leadoff guy gets on. And with the speed on this team, that causes trouble. And last night, the power finally came back to Philly. Even Joe Blanton hit a home run.
With all that said, I don't see the game going past tonight. Hamels has been dominent this post season. He is 5-0, and tonight it will be 6. The crowd is going to be crazy. The Rays cannot fight back 25 years of excitement that will be in the stadium tonight. We have Hamels on the mound, every bat- except Burrell- is hott, and we havn't used Brad Lidge in two games. Tonight, the curse of William Penn will fall. The streets will be crazy, and the parade that has escaped Philly for 25 years and 100 seasons will be held.
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