October 05, 2007

Facing Elimination

Well, that was fun while it lasted. The Phillies, having galvanized their fan base in fighting back from way down to win the NL East on the last day of the season, have quickly fallen behind 2 games to 0, at home, in the NLDS against Colorado, after losing 10-5 on Thursday.

This can't help remind me of the 2006 Twins, who also got off to a bad start, also roared back to win a tough division on the season's final weekend after not leading all year... and ultimately had nothing left for the postseason, as they were quickly swept out by Oakland in the first round. Call Kaz Matsui this year's Marco Scutaro.

If the Phils get eliminated this weekend, I can already hear the fan reaction: Charlie Manuel "cost us the series." Howard and Utley "choked" and "aren't true winners." The team's "failure" to spend money came back to bite them, as it always does. And of course, it'll be like the drive against the Mets never happened. There's a grain of truth to all of these- but the fact is, the Phils are built to contend for a very long time.

Posted by Stephen Silver at October 5, 2007 05:15 PM
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The Mets beat the Phillies to the golf course by a week! We win!

Posted by: Tainted Bill at October 7, 2007 12:45 PM
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