Yesterday, I got sucked into the excitement. I was as confident as 95% of you (with the other 5% being your typical negative types) that we'd finally do it. This was our year and last night was our night.
Then, it starts to rain as many of us leave work yesterday and it got heavier. And, it continued to get heavier, and heavier, and heavier.
Then they get into the game and like the Tampa game in 2003 we started out on fire, going up early.
And, the rain got worse and the temperature continued to drop like bank stocks.
Then of course they made Cole Hamels pitch the top of the 6th and the Rays of course tied it up 2-2.
And, leave it to us to be involved in the ONLY suspended game in postseason history. No, not just World Series history, this is the first suspended game in playoff history.
Sure, there was the earthquake game in the 1989 World Series, causing a 10-day disruption in play, but this was a game that should never have happened.
Allow me to quote one of the Phillies players after the game, per Michael Radano's blog on The Courier Post. This is one of the pitchers, who didn't want to be named, but you can probably figure out who said this.
“That (expletive deleted) guy,” one pitcher said as he saw commissioner Bud Selig before walking out the back door of the clubhouse. “I wouldn’t let him supervise one of my (bowel movements). He has no clue. Not one (expletive deleted) clue.”
I'm about 100% certain Brett Myers came up with that gem, and it's a masterpiece of a quote if I've ever seen one.
He's right though. Selig is a complete bufoon and the least respected commissioner of any sport probably in the history of American sports.
Once 6:00 rolled around last night the rain came through this area and got heavier. You could see on the radar something was brewing and it wouldn't let up last night. But, they decided to play.
Now, the Phillies have become victims of the ultimate screw job. The game will resume in the bottom of the 6th inning once weather permits. And, it probably won't happen today or maybe not tomorrow. This forecast looks nasty.
Go figure, when it looks like the stars are aligned a dark cloud comes in and stays for a long time.
This could go down as a worse debacle than the Eagles' defeat to the Bucs in 2003. Should this series go back to Tampa, I declare it will go seven games with the Phils falling in defeat.
Maybe it's my defense mechanism kicking in. Can you blame me though?
Our only hope is that the Phillies channel their anger (and they were angry) and destroy the Rays when they play this truncated game, when it finally does resume.
Otherwise, it will be a collapse of mythic proportions. And, by Philadelphia standards it would be the worst.
Not, that we didn't expect something like this could happen. It's just we didn't think it would happen this time.
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