China Background- Timeout for October baseball
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: In South Philly
Topic: Baseball
Phillies win game one of NLCS - National League Championship - beat LA Dodgers 3-2 - sorry, but Chinese history must wait.

Breathless
Mood:  incredulous
Now Playing: All over the Delaware Valley
Topic: Baseball

          Middle of September and temperatures still in the 90s - in baseball it's called "Hittin' weather". Pardon me if I'm breathless and incredulous over the weekend events at Citizens Bank Park, across the Delaware river from where Liddy and I live in South Jersey. We were there on a hot Sunday afternoon in section 318 when the Phillies thumped the Milwaukee Brewer's 7-3 to move within 1 game of the National League wild card lead. Then we watched the second game of the doubleheader on TV as the Phillies completed a four-game sweep to tie for the lead with 12 games left in the season. That's why I'm breathless and incredulous in spite of the long-time Phillies mantra attributed to Tug McGraw,I believe - "You gotta believe". So there it is - we do believe, but credulous was not in the mood list.

          Tomorrow after I catch my breath, I will get back to China. 

Phillies Journal - 2007
Mood:  blue
Now Playing: The Summer Game
Topic: Baseball

What happened to the past four years? The time since my last Blog. Nobody knows. Maybe it was baseball. I know, it's nuts, but there it is. A daily limerick for all Philadelphia Phillies games. The least successful team in Major League Baseball history; closing in on 10,000 losses in the 100 or so year histroy of the team. The symbol of failure. My team.

LIEBER'S GEM

Jon Lieber pitched all nine;
his fastball and slider were fine.
He struck out eleven;
a complete game shutout: baseball heaven.
None too soon for this stalwart to shine.

Saturday, June 9, 2007. Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri.
Philadelphia - 4, Kansas City - 0.
WP - Lieber (3-4, LP - Menche (3-6)