Philadelphia Baseball History

Going into the last month of the season, it looked as though the Phillies had a difficult task ahead of them. At 50-83, in order to avoid 100 losses on the season, the team had to win 13 of their final 29 games. That would be a winning percentage of .448 for a team who came into the month with a .375 winning percentage for the season. Plus, the Phillies faced the division leading Nationals seven times, the league leading Dodgers four times, and the Mets, who seemed to have the Phillies' number this year, six times.  Yet here we are, just three games left for the season, and the Phillies are winning. Not only are they winning, but winning against teams that matter. When the Dodgers came to town, they had yet to clinch their division. The Phillies took three of four from them. When the Nationals came to town, they were playing for a 100 win season. The Phils won two of three from them, and ensured that there would not be a 100 wins in Washington. In fact, the Phillies have a win...

Live In the moment.  You hear that advice from a lot of self help gurus. Don't dwell on the past.  Don't worry about the future. Be happy with the now. This is advice that Phillies fans need to take to heart.  In the second month of the season, the Phillies are seven games above .500.  Sure, there have been a lot of games where the Phillies have been blown out.  But there have been an awful lot more of really exciting games where the Phillies have eaked out victory. It has been fun to watch young players trying hard to keep their spot on the major-league roster. It has been fun to see a starting rotation that has performed above expectations.  It has been fun to see a bullpen that has become consistently reliable.  It has been fun to see those who made allegations of tanking be proven wrong. Is this pace sustainable? Are the Phillies playing above their heads? In the long term can they compete with the Nationals and the Mets for the whole season? ...