It’s finally here.
Red October is back, beginning tonight at Citizens Bank Park, where 40,000+ maniacs will fill the seats creating a sea of red shirt-wearing, rally-towel waving pandemonium as the 2023 prepare to defend their National League pennant and try to go one step further than they did a year ago.
This year’s Phillies are better than last year’s, but as we’ve all seen in postseasons past, that means little. Upstarts lose to favorites all the time in the postseason, just ask last year’s Phillies. The same could happen this week, with the 84-win Marlins winning two out of three in Philadelphia, much like they did twice already this season.