Funny, isn’t it?
Funny, isn’t it how you get connected to a team. My sons are Philadelphia Phillies fans. living in the shadow of Chicago. I would have never believed it, as I grew up hating them as a nemesis to my beloved Cincinnati Reds. But having lived in South Jersey for eight years, they took to the Phillies and Eagles, Sixers and Flyers. It sounded strange to people in Oklahoma and Arkansas when they heard that I was a fan of the Reds and the Bengals… The teams of our youth become those we pin our hopes on for the rest of our lives. I couldn’t even tell you half a dozen players for the Reds today, but I can almost recite the lineup from the mid to late 70′s when the Big Red Machine dominated the big leagues. Rose, Morgan, Bench, Perez, Foster, Tolan, Concepcion…
So Congrats to the Phillies on winning the NL pennant, and to my sons on their team. Hope they – YOU – win it all!
