Yo, Did The Eagles Play Yesterday?
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Joe Blanton takes the mound tonight.
Thank goodness the Phillies were playing in a crucial game 3 of the NLCS and came up big. Ryan Howard hits a triple and knocks in two in the first inning and Jason Werth follows with a two run blast to deliver a knockout punch before the Dodgers had a chance to regroup.
Cliff Lee seems to channeling Steve Carlton, and even contributed with a hit. Chase Utley did his job in the field and Carlos Ruiz continued his run as a post-season all-star. Howard, by the way, is the first player in the history of baseball to have an RBI in his first seven games of the post-season in the same year. Lou Gehrig had eight games with a ribbie, but in a two-year span.
Shane Victorino’s cherry-on-the-top three run blast for the 11-0 final was of note mostly because it assured that the Phillies scored more runs than the pathetic, are-you-kidding-me? Eagles in their 13-9 loss to the Oakland Raiders.
There isn’t much to say about that game except that while you expect your football team to play bad once in a while … against the RAIDERS!!!! WTF.
