It's hard to describe the feeling in Philly this morning. I biked to work today (coaching a morning practice for high school baseball) and as I passed through a local dog park the conversations were centered on 1 thing: Phillies baseball. The kids at school were a sea of red Phillies jerseys. There is a definite energy running through the streets.
As a typical Phils fan, I have been through the ups and downs and am surprised that this kind of energy floats around. Surpised because it is something very un-Philadelphian...positive?
I'll be at the Cit around 1:30, and reporting back to you after the game with pics.
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Johnny, hope you enjoy the Phils game, that is gonna be awesome. I hate you for having the resources to attend a playoff game so easily. **side note** this is a very distant possibility given the events of the first 4 weeks of the NFL, but my buddy steve and I have promised each that we're going to the super bowl, no matter the cost, if the ravens make it... after all, how often does your hometown team go to the super bowl? Considering once every 10 years is lucky, i think it's worth it.
Back to John... dude, I read your diary of the one game playoff, and I didn't know you knew that much about baseball... pretty impressive. For the majority of the article, I thought it was Ian writing. As for my comments on the game, besides Holliday obviously not touching the plate and the Padres not making a peep about:
The TBS hi-def cameras must be extra technologically advanced, b/c Buster and I were noticing more shit going on in the stands than in any game we've watched before. Maybe Colorado is just a bizarre place. Given the altitude, this is entirely possible, since it is so high above the rest of the contiguous US, Colorado citizens are basically as a weird as Canadians in my humble opinion. None of these weird pseudo Canadians were wearing Rockies gear, there was an older Asian woman behind home plate who appeared to be by herself, whacking a towel half-heartedly against her thigh and bouncing up and down the entire game. The Rockies mascot is a purple dinosaur that wiggles it's belly during tense moments in the game. The wheel chair that garret atkins dropped a pseudo beezo off of was occupied by a woman who clearly had the use of both legs. I might be talking myself into taking the Phils in this series based on these crazy Canadians who attend Rockies game. More importantly, the fans intensity did not seem to be up to snuff... after all, if you can't throw on a rockies t-shirt on the way to the ballpark, how are you gonna pour your heart/lungs into every pitch like a phils fan will? That makes a difference. Not to be forgotten in the crowd observaions, everytime a left handed batter was up, there were two hot-ass chicks in plain sight over the batter's right shoulder. About the only thing that could take the focus off of Todd Helton's goatee. I think Helton, Doug Brocail (no significant physical features my ass), and your new 49ers starting qb Trent Dilfer need to start a Facial Hair Club for men.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060326/images/sp_brocail.jpg
No pics that do Dilfer's current goat justice, but imagine this one X 2.5 (check him out this weekend against the Ravens):
http://www.sf49ers.com/team/roster_detail.php?PRKey=80§ion=TE%20Roster
come to think of it, doug brocail might be rick clagett in disguise. Interesting note on Brocail: SI is always running MLB players polls on various things and they did one a couple months ago on players you would least want to see on the other side of a brawl. As expected, the responses were all over the map, but checking in at the #1 player you least want to see in a brawl? Doug Brocail.
God I would love to see Fuggetts feeble ass riding his bike to school everyday. That has to be very high on the unintentional comedy factor.
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