Phillies Pharewell

Thoughts on losing the 2009 World Series to the Yankees in six games:

Well, I kinda think that they played ok, the Yankees just played better. Throughout the series, whenever the Phils took a lead, there were the Yankees to take it back; I understand you could say Ryan Howard choked, but not really... like any other power hitter, he's streaky... he got us there (through his play in the NLCS) almost single-handedly, and certainly Utley piced up his slack (as did Werth and to some extent Ibanez).

No, I blame it squarely on Cole Hammels... if we had had two ace pitchers (Lee and Hammels) like we were supposed to (we got Lee to suppliment Hammels, not replace him, for God's sake), yeah, we would've won that series in five, like Rollins predicted last February. So, It was Hammels who folded under pressure, not the whole team. If I see one more commercial with Hammels in it, I swear to God I am dropping whatever product he is pitching... he's obviously too immature to handle the pressures of being a World Series MVP, a starting pitcher, married to a model, and a pitch-man for Comcast.

Well, there's always 2036. Ugh, my friggin' head is going to explode.