Maybe I’m just drunk on this past weekend of Philadelphia sports, but on the eve of a new Sixers season — one coming, impossibly, after an offseason of absolutely no South Philly scandals or controversies in an NBA summer riddled with them — I’m feeling even more optimistic than usual.
Yes, the Phillies are heading into an improbable NLCS appearance (the first pitch of Game 1 is set to be thrown a mere half hour after Sixers-Celtics tips off on Tuesday night). And this Phillies team just has that indescribable, intangible, ephemeral, something.