Wow!  Nice game especially if you are a Phillies fan.  The hometown team got great pitching support from Joe Blanton.  Then the Phillies’bats woke up.  Ryan Howard x2 — Jimmy Rollins and even pitcher Blanton got one out of the yard.  This is the best season since 1980.  Tomorrow night could be crazy in Philadelphia.

One crazy thing about watching baseball is the announcers.  I know that if I were a Tampa Bay fan, the announcers would have driven me crazy. They were making me crazy, when they kept talking about the inability of the Phillies to drive in runners.  Yes, we are all aware of the futility in the first three games.  Something like 2 out of 36 chances.  Do you have to remind us all the time about it?  I felt bad in the eighth when the announcers really got on the Rays.  It’s bad enough a team is struggling, but then the announcers seem to rub salt in the wounds.  The way the announcers keep going on about the Phillies undefeated home record in the post-season drives me crazy as well.

The Rays are worthy opponents — Their pitching has been excellent.  Their bats unfortunately have been as silent as the Phillies were until tonight.  Tomorrow is a big night.  Like I mentioned earlier, it would be great if they could wrap it up at home tomorrow.  Three down, one to go.  Go Phillies.