I finally went out yesterday to pick pears but there was nothing but bare branches. Even the ground beneath the trees was bare. Guess the deer and woodchucks had a good time.Sometime early in September, Jayson Werth said that the Phillies were a "team of necessity", that they did their best when they had to, when their backs were against the wall. At the time, they were 3.5 games behind the Mets in the division race and few observers were thinking that would change. Then in the middle of the month they swept four games from the wild card-leading Brewers and the Mets started choking again. In the end the Phillies won the NL East. Starting with that Milwaukee series, they went 24-6 down the stretch, including 11-3 in postseason. They were 7-0 in home games during the postseason, setting an MLB record.
What was amazing was how easy they made it look. Despite the well-documented problems with RISP, the Phillies made it look simple. All you have to do is win. LOL. Here's to 2009!
