I went to the second game of the Phillies / Rockies (BOOOO!) division playoffs last night. Although they suffered a heartbreaking loss, I was still very happy to be at the game. It was awesome to see 45,991 people (the biggest crowd ever at a Citizens Bank Park game) swinging their rally towels and cheering on the Phillies. I sat in right field and was looking forward to sitting in Victorino's part of the ballpark, but was disappointed when Werth started in his place. Victorino didn't get in the game until the 7th inning when he hit a single and then stole second. I got Shane scoring a single on video:
Rollins then batted him in and Victorino scored a run:
He's so fast, he's one of my favorite Phillies.
I still have hope that the Phillies can come back from these two losses. Stranger things have happened (Red Sox/Yankees 2004; Yankees/A's 2001). Plus, I think Colorodo is a bunch of cheaters. Besides the "winning" run, which wasn't really a run at all, which Holliday scored in their last game against the Padres and got them to the playoffs, I now learned about Manny Corpas. I was appalled to learn this story about Rockie's pitcher Manny Corpas pouring liquid on his jersey prior to pitching and then touching his jersey in Game 1. To make things even more suspicious, in Game 2 Rockies pitcher Franklin Morales touched his mouth while on the mound. The umpire saw him and told him to stop. In the crowd, we didn't know what was going on, but found Morales' behavior to be very suspicious...constantly grabbing at his hat and walk around the mound. It's one thing to win fair and square, but I'd hate to see what would happen to the Rockies if they were confirmed to be cheating and ever showed up in Philly again!
I still have hope that the Phils can win on Saturday. GO PHILLIES!
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