As the Matt Kemp game –winning homer sailed over the fence,
if you put your ear really close to the television or radio you could hear the
faint sounds of Taps playing. Losing that game was a crushing blow. Lee pitched
masterfully. Bastardo/Kendrick/Horst/Schwimmer did their job by keeping the
score tied. The Phillies offense was patient against Jansen and Guerra and
Pence came up big again in this series to untie the game with a two-run single.
That set it up for Papelbon to come in with a tw0-run lead and close the door…
In a spirit-crushing
turn of events, my most despised Phillie of all time, Bobby Abreu scored the
tying run. It was all semantics at that point, because I had no faith in
Diekman. How were the Phillies going to lose this one is what was going through
many people’s minds, I am sure. This is what is called “Chicken Little Syndrome”,
but for the 2012 Phillies team, it appears the sky is really falling.
No raising of the accustomed NL East flag on Opening Day. No
worry about making plans in October this year. No invoice from the Phillies for
NLDS, NLCS, and World Series tickets. No fun. I plan on going to Cooperstown this year in October, hit the Hall of Fame, Ommegang Brewery, and Fly Creek Cider Mill...but truth be told, I would rather be in Citizens Bank Park bundled up in late October with Irish Champagne (Jameson) chilling in the car for celebrating the Phillies 12th win in the playoffs...
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