Two pitchers with something to prove go in Game 5. As Paul Hagen of the Philadelphia Daily News pointed out yesterday, Padilla is pitching for a big contract next year. Hamels, last year's MVP in the NLCS and World Series, is trying to put his frustrating season behind him.
I heard David Gregory of Meet the Press on the Philadelphia radio this morning, along with his boss Steve Capus. Gregory is a Dodger fan, Capus a Phillie fan. Monday night Gregory was in the box that had the temerity to hang a 'Welcome to Dodgertown' banner. Gregory said that when he gets over the loss, he will always remember the explosion of sound that rocked the ballpark as the ball went flying to the wall. He said he had never heard anything like it anywhere.
