An Enlightening Daily News Letter

Eh, really, forget all that baseball BS. What was really in the minds of Philadelphians when the Phillies made the playoffs was this:

YESTERDAY, the Phightin’ Phils were trying to win a postseason game for the first time in 15 years.

But, more seriously, let’s put put present-day Philadelphia into proper perspective with this question: How horrible and pathetic has the City of Brotherly Love become when the number of playoff victories for the baseball team during a period of 15 years is three FEWER than the number of funerals for Philly police officers who were murdered in the line of duty in this year, 2008?

I wonder how our letter writer (John Leonard from Philadelphia) would deal with 1980. Yes, sadly, four police officers died in the line of duty. But the Phillies won seven playoff games and the World Series that year. Not horrible or pathetic at all!

Man, this really is putting baseball into its proper perspective.

Letters: Police killed vs. playoff wins [Daily News]