If you told me a couple months ago that the Philadelphia Phillies were going to win the National League and be in the World Series, I would have laughed a hearty laugh in your face while thinking of all the other baseball teams that were theoretically better. Oh, you mean the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres — two teams that have been heralded as contenders — would be beat by them? I am aghast.
Oh, well it is happening, in case you are reading a Philadelphia sports blog and wholly unaware of anything outside of hockey.