At the risk of sounding like a guy delighting in the notion of his new pet goldfish living forever, allow me to say:
Folks, things are going well from a sports perspective in our fair city.
Let me count the ways.
On Monday night, the Phillies clinched their first postseason appearance since 2011. The Phightin’ Phils! Rob Thompson’s boys! It got dicey towards the end there, sure, but they made it. And who knows? Maybe with a lineup as stacked as the Phils,’ and a rotation as capable as the Wheeler-Nola-Suarez trio is on any given night, they could make a run at this thing.