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Maybe it was the rain or just a good day entirely for the city of Philadelphia. For many of us hopefully Sunday ends up being the day in which we will never forget. Tonight the Phillies earned a 2-1 lead in the World Series, and a shot at control of what happens next. I don’t know exactly what is in store for this team or what will later tonight bring, but I do know that the Phillies never backed down. Even with more blown calls from the umpires the Phillies we able to take advantage of a “real” baseball field.

Pros
Carlos Ruiz
Jamie Moyer
Ryan Howard
Joe Madon

Goofs
Umpires
Evan Longoria

Pros: Carlos Ruiz has been the only consistent hitter the Phillies have had thus far throughout the entire World Series. Of course driving in the go ahead run in the second, and scoring in the winning run earns him two thumbs up and a pro spot. Jamie Moyer finally had a good outing and shouldn’t be upset with the end result. If the call was not blown I believe that Jamie would have walked away with the win and three runs to spare. Ryan Howard may be out of his funk and how great would it be if the Phillies got him rolling again. Domination would not even come to mind if Ryan Howard starts hitting them out of the park. Joe Madon earns a lot of respect from me by putting five players in the infield and two players in the outfield. Very gutsy act that probably was going to work but poor defense stopped that from happening.

Goofs: The Umpires continue to blow calls left and right. I wonder when the MLB will address this situation before it’s too late. I am truly disgusted with the umpiring that has occurred this series. Evan Longoria remains a hitting giant but a sleeping one. Phillies must be happy that we haven’t seen him get turn on yet. Let’s hope for the next two games he does not.

Now for the Phillies a win tonight could but them only one win away from being World Champions. The view from up here is not that bad, and I am praying that it last a little bit longer. Take one game at a time, and remember that there is still a lot of baseball to be played.