I'm very proud of the Eagles as they continue to live up to the hype that I hope endures beyond the regular season. Keep on rockin' phellas.
While I know the Phillies won't be going anywhere but home in the next week or so as the regular season concludes, they have overcome my post-all-star-break disappointment by rallying back to second place in their division. For a while there, they looked as though they would sink completely, but they have come back to a respectable 7 games over .500, with two-games over Florida on their way to their last week of games. Even if they lose all of their remaining games, they'll have a .500 even season, which I can live with.
Ignoring internal factors for a moment (because there are plenty), it all comes down to two arch-nemises destroying Philly's hope to win their division this year. The dreaded Atlanta Braves (who were in third place at the break), and the infamous J.D. Drew (the would-be-Phillie-rookie-sensation of a few years back). Without these two factors, I think the Phils could have overcome their internal woes. But piling them onto the internal issues simply lead to a downward spiral from which they've only recently recovered. Is it just me, or is anyone else tired of the Braves and their 13-straight division titles?
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