Phillies Humiliate Dodgers 11-0

It was cold. It was supposed to rain. It was beautiful. The Dodgers came to town and got taught a lesson about home field advantage. Cliff Lee was amazing in eight innings of shutout baseball. I'm sure he could have finished the game, but there's still a potential World Series to think about.

And while it was great to see solid pitching from the Fightin Phils. The bats were hot, which is what we're going to need to finish out this series and take it to the Show. The Phillies scored 11 runs on 11 hits including two home runs, two triples and two doubles. We knocked Kuroda out in the second inning!

It was sweet.



Senior Octubre
I read that there is a grassroots effort under way to dub Carlos Ruiz, Senior Octubre, Mr. October to you gringos. He has simply been the man. Dodger pitcher, and ex-Philly Randy World dubbed him "the Dodger Killer". He doesn't have off-the-chart stats, but he seems to always be there right when you need him. Who even expects the catcher to hit well? He's great behind the plate. He's been stealing bases. Throwing runners out. Hitting in the clutch. He could run for Mayor of Philadelphia tomorrow.



So it didn't rain after all. It wasn't that cold and the wind never showed up. I was totally overdressed. I looked like the fat kid from A Christmas Story. If I'd fallen, I probably would have rolled around on my back like a turtle.