The Phillies notched a huge comeback win tonight in Colorado to close out the first round, as Huston Street did his best impression of regular-season Brad Lidge. The real Lidge, meanwhile, came in for the final out and successfully saved the game for the second straight night.
Throughout the series, Charlie Manuel kept making one inexplicable move after another, and they all seemed to work out fine. The win sets up a rematch between the Dodgers and Phillies in the NLCS. Really, we're probably looking at two classics in the second round.
I just hope it isn't too much of a classic- my sister-in-law is getting married a week from Saturday, when Game 7 of the NLCS is scheduled; let's hope for the wedding's sake that the series is over by then.
Posted by Stephen Silver at October 13, 2009 12:18 AM