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I know you’re depressed this morning (like I am). But just remember — if you’re a fan of a particular baseball team, and you devote entirely too much time and energy into following your favorite squad (like I do), you may never witness a run quite like the run the Phillies have been on for the past year and a half. Yeah, I know you wanted that second straight World Series trophy (and subsequent bragging rights for the next year), but when it came down to it, the Yankees had three solid starters take the mound for two starts each, and we had Cliff Lee. It’s disappointing, sure, but in a short series like this, sometimes things just don’t go your way. The Yankees were better in the key spots all series long, and just outlasted us for six games. No use complaining about it.
In a way, this year was more fun last. There’s a certain confidence you get after your team wins the World Series. In 2008, a lot of people were just waiting for something bad to happen, like they knew that Philadelphia couldn’t possibly win a championship. This year? Complete 180°. No matter the situation, no matter how many runs we were down or who was up at the plate, you kinda expected the team to win. And that, folks, is a good fucking feeling.
It would’ve been pretty sweet to take down those Yankees — especially if we could have come back from a 3-1 series deficit — but alas, it wasn’t meant to be. But we made Harry the K proud. And that run by the Phillies this year kept his memory alive. Any time I see some highlights of 2009 or recall a particular game, the first thing I’ll think about is that HK patch.
Thanks, Phillies. And thanks to every single one of you who stopped by The Fightins in 2009. We ain’t going nowhere.
I’ll leave you with this, a post-game quote from Jayson Werth brought to us by the Twitter feed of John R. Finger:
I still fucking love this team.
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