The Phillies are somehow going to the World Series. I’m just as shocked as you are. But it’s really happening! As you may have heard, on Friday they face the Houston Astros, a franchise whose questionably-acquired Commissioner’s Trophy and ruthless domination of the American League over the past five years has illuminated them for the leaguewide villains they are. However, before they became the First Order to the Yankees’ Evil Empire, they were a generally mediocre franchise trying their best to keep it together long enough for Texans to remember that other sports exist before high school football shows up again.
When Philly Met Houston
