Flyin' Hawaiian' KO's C.C.

The image of the Flyin' Hawaiian' rounding first base, fist pumping, after his game-winning grand slam versus CC Sabathia is one that Philly fans will treasure for the rest of their lives. On a day when Philly phans EXPECTED to lose to a much inferior team in their own ballpark, Shane Victorino provided the Phillies the offense they needed with one swing of the bat.

The first grand slam in Phillies postseason history will ultimately go down as one of the biggest home runs in franchise history.

The talk of CC Sabathia pitching in Game 2 had reached the point where the Phillies almost seemed to accept that it was their destiny to lose.

Sabathia had posted an 11-2 record in just over half a season with the Brewers. His ERA of 1.65 was almost a full run better than the next best National Leaguer; however he only pitched 130.2 innings and therefore could not qualify for the ERA title. His seven complete games and three shutouts topped the National League. He was, essentially, the best pitcher in baseball over the last three months.

And the Phillies made Superman look like just another rookie.

In a day in which the Milwaukee Brewers needed a win to essentially save their season, the Phightin' Phils rapped out five doubles and a grand slam in the first four innings. They stole two bases. And in doing so, they eliminated the best pitcher in baseball before he finished the fourth inning.

Earning the respect of the crowd was light-hitting pitcher Brett Myers. Myers, a .116 lifetime hitter, walked on nine pitches versus Sabathia in the second. With two outs and runners on first and second, Myers quickly fell into an 0-2 hole versus the game's premier pitcher. Myers fought back, fouling off three pitches and drawing four balls.

The crowd reacted as if Myers had just hit a grand slam, waving their towels and giving Brett a standing ovation.

When Rollins walked on four pitches, the crowd volume reached its peak.

Older Phillies phans recalled the glorious times of Burt Hooton, a Dodger pitcher who faced the Phillies in Game 3 of the 1977 NLCS. Hooton issued three consecutive bases loaded walks in the second inning. Hooton was so spooked and rattled by the Philly crowd that he simply could not throw a strike, and he was promptly removed from the game.

Victorino drew a ball on his first pitch, but a called strike ended CC's streak of six consecutive balls. With a 1-2 count, the 160-pound switch-hitter knocked CC's hanging cutter over the left field fence into a sea of rally towels.

The crowd volume, I've been told, was the loudest in the history of the ballpark.

In the fourth, Myers earned another standing ovation when he forced CC to throw ten pitches before flying out to center field. The largest crowd in the history of the stadium understood the importance of making CC throw 19 pitches in two at-bats versus Myers (almost one-fifth of his total pitches).

In the sixth inning, Myers delivered his worst at-bat of the game, singling to right field on the second pitch.

The Brewers' security blanket for three months, Sabathia failed to deliver in his fourth straight start on three days' rest.

His eighteenth start as a Milwaukee Brewer, and likely his last, will go down as one of the greatest games in Philadelphia Phillies history.

Just like that, the Phillies packed their suitcases to head to Milwaukee for game three, where 45-year-old Jamie Moyer will attempt to complete the first postseason sweep in team history.