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The Philadelphia Phillies did it again! The Phightins erased a 3.5 game lead by the New York Mets to win the NL East by a comfortable three game margin. The Phillies finished with a 92-70 record. Not too shabby.

The Phils didn’t make it easy in the clincher on Saturday as Brad “Lights Out” Lidge walked the tight rope and escaped a one out, bases-loaded jam by forcing a 6-4-3 division-clinching double play. “Old Man” Jamie Moyer once again won the division-clinching game. He is definitely the best big game pitcher on the roster, and that is kind of frightening heading into the playoffs. However, winning the division is absolutely fantastic! Now it’s on to the playoffs for the second year in a row!

Making the Phillies’ win even sweeter is the fact that the Mets once again choked away a playoff spot. You can’t make that type of stuff up. Missing the playoffs two years in a row by losing the season finale at home could not have happened to a nicer fan base. Sucks to be a Mets fan today. Wait, it sucks to be a Mets fan every day!

I am a little concerned about facing the Brewers though. They’re a dangerous young team and CC Sabathia will be extremely tough to face. However, I am drinking the Phillies’ Kool-Aid right now, so I think they can move on to the NLCS. They have last year’s experience as motivation, so they better get it done this season. I know this is a somewhat incoherent post, but I am just too excited about the fact that the Phils are going to be playing October baseball!

It’s World Series or bust!

GO PHILLIES!!!

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