C'mon guys, why drag it out any longer??? I'm getting too old for these last-day-of-the-regular-season finishes.
With their 8-4 win over Washington last night and the Mets loss to Florida, the Phillies clinched at least a tie for the division title. They can claim the title outright today with either a win over the Nats or another Mets' loss. The Mets' game begins nearly three hours earlier than the Phillies' match, so we may have an decision before Jamie Moyer, aka 45-year old Jamie Moyer, throws his first pitch.
Last night's victory came courtesy of the usual suspects, Ryan Howard and Chase Utley. Howard smoked a tremendous three-run homer into the Phillies bullpen in the first inning and a run-producing double one at bat later to give him 48 home runs for the year, 11 in September, and 146 rbi's. The four rbi's gives him 32 for September alone, a franchise record. Howard's other-worldly September projects him right into the thick of the MVP race despite his .250 batting average, which a month ago was thirteen points lower. No MVP in history has ever carried such a low batting average and won the award; then again, no MVP candidate has ever produced such a low batting average while leading the majors in home runs and rbi's and carrying his team to a division title.
But we are getting a little ahead of ourselves. There is still the matter of today's games.
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