THEY WON!! Phillies 7, Dodgers 4 (16)

I’m going to be completely honest about the Phillies’ 16-inning 7-4 win over the Dodgers. I have two things I need to come clean about.

I didn’t think they were going to win. It’s not that I don’t have faith in the Phillies, but when you get to innings beyond the 12th, things get crazy. Umpires throw players out for no reason. Guys doze on the field. Tiny mistakes mean literally everything. The game becomes all you’ve ever known and all you will ever know. It’s intense, and these Phillies are young. Who knew what was going to happen?

I fell asleep. I’m a 35-year-old woman (I’m not ashamed to say that) and it was after midnight and I’d been watching the game for five hours. I fell asleep in…