Dear Philadelphia Phillies,
I’m glad it was you.
Just like last year, charging in to dash our hopes with your veteran band of overpaid sluggers. Seasoned pros. National League dominators. Death in Red.
As the Stanley Cup Finals wrapped up in Philadelphia last night, we in the television viewing audience got to witness another in a long series of disgraceful acts by Philly sports fans.
On his 1-year anniversary with the Colorado Rockies, manager Jim Tracy recorded his 100th win as head honcho. To little fanfare (perhaps because the win was sandwiched between two losses to the hated Dodgers), Jim touched on an important landmark in his career with Colorado.
Rockies catcher Miguel Olivo took the first pitch of the 10th Inning deep into the left field bleachers for a huge walk-off 4-3 win on Wednesday afternoon. Olivo was 5 for 5 in the game, and turned a hanging curve ball into a no-doubter for the win.
This is the fourth time in three years that the Phillies have been charged with sign-stealing. In 2007 the Mets accused the Phillies of setting up a center-field camera to steal signs. The Boston Red Sox made the same complaint in 2008. The Mets leveled another complaint against the Phillies after a May 2nd game this year. (Philadelphia was not caught stealing signs in 2009. A major victory for the team and the city.)
Mark my words, these Rockies are ready to explode. And with any luck, Colorado will make the remainder of their California road trip memorable. This team is capable of a statement streak, and seems poised to follow Ubaldo’s strong example into the breach.
