This Is What We’re Going For Tonight

Especially the “Whoomp! There it is!” part. Phillies, etc., updates all day, as you probably expected.

Alright, Let’s Get Pumped

You may have seen this video before — and, actually, I’m fairly sure I’ve posted it before — but there’s no better way to get psyched for today’s first Phillies playoff game since Game 6 of the 1993 World Series than to remember: It all comes back to “Whoomp, There It Is!”

When The Phillies Won [YouTube]

Vince Fumo, No Shoes And No Arrests: A Phillies Party

I was late to Sunday’s Phillies game. This wasn’t a mistake on my part, even though I did wake up at around 1 p.m. for a 1:30 game. I like to arrive late to Phillies games, especially when someone like Jamie Moyer is pitching. The best case scenario in the top of the first is a 1-2-3 inning, something the starting pitcher is supposed to be able to do in the top of the first.

The worst case scenario? An over-40 pitcher could give up seven runs.

As I bounded up the Broad Street Subway steps around 1:40, a dude next to me was on the phone. “Seven-nothing? The Mets are down 7-0?” he questioned in more of a yell. I turned to him. “What? You’ve got to be kidding.”

“No, Glavine gave up seven runs in the first inning! He didn’t even make it out of the first.”

I called my parents. I had to make sure. I learned the kid wasn’t lying. Top of the first: Marlins 7, Mets 0. I trotted the light-year length walk from the subway to the stadium, and a parking guard stopped me. “Hey, what’s the Mets score?”

“Seven-zip, Marlins. First inning.”

“All right! Let’s go win us a championship!”

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