That is a picture of my Go Bag. No, I'm not pregnant and ready to give birth imminently. That is my bag, ready and waiting, in case the weather looks good for this evening and we have to (you know, have to) go to Philadelphia from DC for the World Series.
That's right, I'm thinking positively. The sports news out there is pretty scathing regarding this ridiculous Game 5 that has now been in progress for 37 hours and could possibly not get completed until tomorrow night. They are already predicting that all of the unexpected complications of the series will give the Rays the edge they need to come back. The Philly fans are doomed, as always, they say.
Not me, no way. If we start whining already and blaming everyone for some doomsday scenario that hasn't even occurred, then we are short-changing the great team that we have been so passionate about for 6 months (see: above bag). We are going to do this and no punky team from Florida, Mother Nature, Bud Selig, or Fox Sports can stop us.
Whatever crazy things have happened over the last few days, a few things have not changed. We are still up 3 to 1 in the Series. We still have at least 12 outs to their 9 outs in the rest of Game 5 to let our bats make the case for us. We still will do it at home, in front of thousands of fans who are paying thousands of dollars for just 3.5 innings of play in less than ideal environmental conditions. And most importantly, we are still the most confident, hard-working team who doesn't just have one or two stars; the Phillies are a team in which everyone has their clutch days and every player can become a hero for a day.
We love you guys. Now go finish this game and don't let anything rain on our parade. Because I have a bag packed for that parade and I'm ready to go.
Update: Thank you, Phil Sheridan.
That's right, I'm thinking positively. The sports news out there is pretty scathing regarding this ridiculous Game 5 that has now been in progress for 37 hours and could possibly not get completed until tomorrow night. They are already predicting that all of the unexpected complications of the series will give the Rays the edge they need to come back. The Philly fans are doomed, as always, they say.
Not me, no way. If we start whining already and blaming everyone for some doomsday scenario that hasn't even occurred, then we are short-changing the great team that we have been so passionate about for 6 months (see: above bag). We are going to do this and no punky team from Florida, Mother Nature, Bud Selig, or Fox Sports can stop us.
Whatever crazy things have happened over the last few days, a few things have not changed. We are still up 3 to 1 in the Series. We still have at least 12 outs to their 9 outs in the rest of Game 5 to let our bats make the case for us. We still will do it at home, in front of thousands of fans who are paying thousands of dollars for just 3.5 innings of play in less than ideal environmental conditions. And most importantly, we are still the most confident, hard-working team who doesn't just have one or two stars; the Phillies are a team in which everyone has their clutch days and every player can become a hero for a day.
We love you guys. Now go finish this game and don't let anything rain on our parade. Because I have a bag packed for that parade and I'm ready to go.
Update: Thank you, Phil Sheridan.
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