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Sep

25

A City Asks: How Will The Phils Blow It This Time?

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Ahh, yes, here we are, the final week of the baseball season. The Phillies have played 156 games this year, winning 85 of ‘em so far. And that 85-71 record has them right in the playoff hunt at the end of the season, something Phillies fans have actually been accustomed to the past few seasons.

Of course, Phils fans have also been accustomed to blowing it in the final week of the season as well. Last year, the Phillies dropped games to the Washington Nationals after entering the final week of the season in position to win the Wild Card. The Phils held Wild Card late leads in 2005 and 2003, too. And, with the Padres spiraling out of control and losing their fourth straight last night, the Phillies are tied for the WC lead in the final week of the season.

Perhaps this is the year the Phillies will shake off the recent ghosts of Craig Biggio and whoever was on Washington last year. (Teddy Roosevelt?) Or perhaps the Phils will finish a game out, and the game where they blew an 8-2 lead against the Braves will come back to haunt them. The 2007 Phillies are frustrating, sure, but they’re also a fun team to watch, and no matter what happens during the final week of the season it’s been a hell of an exciting year.

Oh, and Chris Coste sniffs his bats. Wait, what?

“But there was one time when I first got into pro ball - I don’t know if I was catching or hitting - but either myself or the batter barely nicked the ball on an unfinished bat. And you can smell it, without even putting your nose up to the bat. You could smell that same smell. So the next time I was hitting, I fouled off the ball and I smelled my bat.

“I don’t know if it’s the wood or the leather of the ball. Maybe it’s the combination of both. But I think when I first did it, I might have hit a home run in that at-bat. So it’s maybe 50 percent superstition, 50 percent because I just like the smell.”

Whoo! That’s the kind of attitude that can lead a team into the playoffs.

Fit to be tied [The Zo Zone]
Gordon relishes playoff chase [Inquirer]
 
dmac | 10:00 AM | 9 Comments
Bat Sniffing, Chris Coste, Phillies, Philly Sports Fans, WTF
 
  1. GFC Says: Sep 25 11:08 AM

    just go to fucking church where you belong and stop talking about the Phils making the playoffs.

  2. Andy Says: Sep 25 11:33 AM

    I jinxed them Friday night when I bought my playoff option for season ticket holders. I have Phillies World Series tickets for 2001, 2003, 2005 & 2006 somewhere around here, might as well get some invalid 2007 ones while I’m at it…

  3. chrissmari Says: Sep 25 12:32 PM

    gotta be better than sniffing his finger…

  4. A. V. Says: Sep 25 1:23 PM

    You can get some good money for “phantom” World Series tickets, since they are like a souvenir from an alternate universe.
    If some sort of sensible system for baseball that relegated teams to the minor leagues was employed, the Phillies would most likely be in Little League by now.

  5. a dog Says: Sep 25 2:44 PM

    I sniff my ass sometimes.

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