>>Congrats to the Phillies, especially for pulling it out over the Mets. Having grown up in south Jersey, I've always been a Philadelphia fan and never a NY fan. But now I've got the Dbacks to root for. Maybe we'll see a showdown between them to see who gets to go to the WS.
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>I'm okay with that, and I'll actually be out there for some of when that series would be. But if it's the Cubs, the Phils get home field advantage and Solomon will be able to use our tickets for one game, which I'd like for him.
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>Of course, that whole last paragraph assumes that the Phils beat the Rockies, which isn't a given.
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No it's not. Funny things can happen to teams playing in that Rocky Mountains altitude.

What happened to Ryan Howard this season? His power numbers were fine but he only hit .260-something and struck out 199 times. Has he turned into the new Dave Kingman? ;-(

One of my favorite baseball stats, which I'm sure you already know: the year Kingman led the league in homers and Steve Carlton was the Cy Young award winner, and Carlton had a higher batting average. LOL