That was fun. WOW!

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer throws during the first inning of a baseball game with the San Diego Padres, Saturday, June 5, 2010, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

The partial season ticket plan really brought us to a great game, one that we might not have even gone to for the threats of heat and humidity.  We had run the 8k Moorestown earlier in the morning, which was amazing fun, but also exhausting.  To saddle up and get to the Bank seemed like a lot of work.  But I’m glad we made the effort – that was a whale of a job by Moyer!  A complete-game win backed by an offensive performance we, the like of which we haven;t seen for a little while.

Baseball = love

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This is why we love the game.  This is why we put up with the frustration and the grind and the years of futility when things don’t go our way.  This is why Harry Kalas said, in his Hall of  Fame induction speech, that, “no matter how long you’ve been in [the game], you learn more about it every year, every day. Every year I see things on the field that I’ve never seen before.”  This is why generation after generation can sit in a crowded park next to tens of thousand of strangers and have the time of their life just watching men stand around and think for three hours.  This is why it’s a chess match and this is why the Phillies have the heart of a champion.

This morning, everyone is at a loss for words and we haven’t even won anything yet.  This series will go on and may even go back to Los Angeles.  But today, none of that matters.

Go read about it at The Fightins, Beerleaguer, The Phrontiersman and The Walkoff Walk.  Soak it up on Twitter and Facebook with the 700Level.  See what they’re saying at We Should Be GMs.  Last night was a special night, and whether you were watching on TV, listening to the radio or lucky enough to be in the stands, that was a Phillies game that will live on in history forever.

Today everyone will try to explain the inexplicable.  They will try with words to describe something that cannot be described.  The emotions run high and we all want to share in this in some way, because that makes something good feel so much better.  I think I know a word that describes this phenomena pretty well:

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Philly Live! – structured fun down by the stadiums?

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Looks good to me!  We’ve probably lost any shot to do the waterfront right, especially because of the pesky obstruction known as Interstate 95, but down by the Stadiums, it’s a different story.  At $100 million, it’s relatively affordable.  These plans, unveiled today, describe a covered commercial corridor running between the stadiums on the ground currently occupied by the doomed Spectrum.  Let’s see if the city and developers can actually make it happen.  If so, I’ll certainly go spend some discretionary income before the ballgame, eating overpriced food and buying more Phillies gear!