Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 07, 2007
Phillies Phinal

Rich Hofmann offers a final look at the Phillies year and their short post season.

The lights were knocked out by what the Rockies described as a "computer malfunction," and fixed when they rebooted the computer (and maybe hit it on the side). But for 14 minutes, darkness was both the reality and the metaphor in Game 3 of the NLDS.

For 6 months, the Phillies had mocked both the omens and the predictions. We alternated between skepticism and wonder as the season played out. Our heads told us it was impossible but our eyes told us something else again, especially at the end, especially during a September run when the Phillies and the Mets passed each other on bullet trains headed in opposite directions. ("My name is Mr. Met and I am a gagaholic...")

And now it is over. A grand and fun run to the playoffs, the Phillies' first trip since 1993, is done. The lights came on and the Phils didn't hit for a third consecutive game, and that was that. The Rockies swept them out of the series and the post-season by a 2-1 score.

Both teams executed improbable comebacks to reach the playoffs. One was going to end, and for the Phillies it ended quickly.


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