If in a loss everything would have a Phillies hue, perhaps if Chase Utley would have hit a two-run home run in the late innings of Game Six, and his Reggie Jackson breaking performanceácould have earned him the World Series MVP in a losing cause.
If the dinger was off Mariano Rivera and pulled the Phillies within a run or two of what was in reality was a 7-3 World Series clinching-victory for the Yankees...
But sadly it is merely a dream not based in any reality and certainly not to take away from the monster-like performance of Hideki Matsui, hitting a home run and driving in six out of the seven Yankees runs in the Yankee clincher.
I just had to justify my headline and get back into reality.
The first order of offseason business is whether to renew the option on third baseman Pedr ...
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For Philadelphia Phillies, It Is Time To Chase Away Winter Blues
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