This is what we wait all year for, Phillies fans. With just 12 games left on the schedule and 13 days to play them, the Phillies sit ½ game behind the Metros (1 in the loss column) for the NL East lead and are currently tied with the free-falling Brewers for the Wild Card lead. Needless to say, every game from here on out is important. And the Braves shall be our first victim. Fuck scoreboard watching (although I admit THIS was fun to follow), the Phillies gotta handle their own.

Now let’s see what the smart people are up to…

• In case you missed my optimistic, borderline-brilliant post on Yahoo!’s Big League Stew last Thursday, I mentioned that – according to Baseball Prospectus – the Phillies had a 16.52% chance of making the playoffs while the Brewers were a practical shoo-in at 80.72%. Now? Things done changed. As of this morning, BP lists the Phillies chances at 64.40% and the Brew Crew at 53.52%. Not too shabby [Baseball Prospectus]

• I forgot to mention this last week, but James Beale over at the City Paper’s The Sports Complex was at Benny The Bum’s in South Philly for the launch of some magazine called “Blitz”. The special guest for the evening was Mr. September himself, Ryan Howard. I never complain about Ryan’s strikeouts or defense (because I love it when he crushes the ball), but Ryan — listen, man, get rid of those ghey-ass Affliction t-shirts. And is that an Ed Hardy hat? Eckgh. [The Sports Complex]

• Everybody’s favorite site about all-things-Philly, Philadelphia Will Do, got a cute little makeover yesterday. Stop over there and tell D-Mac how good he looks. [Philadelphia Will Do]

• Megan Fox, her tits, and her shiteous Marilyn Monroe tat are on the cover of GQ this month. If she keeps looking at me like that, she’s gonna get it.  [Gentleman's Quarterly]

• Those blogging overlords over at Mr. Irrelevant sure got a kick out of the DeSean Jackson premature celebration last night. OMG, he’s only the second WR in the history of the NFL to have 100+ yards receiving in his first two contests! How embarrassing! [Mr. Irrelevant]

• Meanwhile, Enrico the Great informs us that it wasn’t the first time Mr. Jackson has performed an almost-touchdown gaffe. [The 700 Level]

And finally, even though I’m a fantasy football participant (under protest), I hope everybody who started Donovan McNabb and/or DeSean Jackson last night lost their game by 5 points. There is nothing more annoying than hearing people complain about their hard-luck fantasy stories.

Cause guess what — NOBODY GIVES A FUCK.

I revel in your misery, you fantasy loser!

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