The Phillies clinched the Pennant! The Phillies clinched the Pennant! I could say this phrase for a week straight, and I still wouldn't get sick of it.
When Carlos Ruiz made that final squeeze in the bottom of the ninth for the final out in Game Five, tears of joy came to my eyes.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has suffered heartbreak, season after season after season. This recent feeling is amazing
Enjoy this moment Philly fans. For the first time in 15 years, the Philadelphia Phillies have won the Pennant and are heading back to the World Series.
Even though I go to school at the University of Dayton, I still enjoy catching up on my news stories back home in Philadelphia.
When I was browsing my hometown's news station website, NBC10, there was a web link to an article that had been written in the LA Times about the Phillies and Dodgers series. However, this wasn't your typical article you see in Sports Illustrated or ESPN The Magazine.
Not only did this writer give his thoughts about the upcoming Phillies-Dodgers series, but he decided to be disrespectful to the actual city of Philadelphia and their fans.
I can understand when fans of other teams talk negative about other teams. It's all part of the fun of competition.
This article was the total opposite of that. For the sake of being mature, I will not mention the writer's name. But take a look at the first few paragraphs of the article from Oct. 8 in the LA Times:
You spend any time in this dingy city and around these folks, and pit bulls running wild come to mind.
Fine when leashed, but set them free, put a beer in their grubby paws and it's only a matter of time before they're going to go on the attack -- both the home team and its opponent feeling the bite.
It's an angry place, all right, everything old here in Philadelphia, crumbling and in ruin. Even the city's main attraction has a crack in it.
So the prevailing opinion around here is you have to be an obstinate pug to make it in Philly, the football team tough, the hockey team a bunch of bullies and the Phillies rugged competitors like Larry Bowa.
This is supposed to make Philly an intimidating place to play, Bowa telling the media Wednesday that if the Dodgers thought Chicago was bad, "they're going to be in for a rude awakening" playing here.
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