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Rays 1, Royals 0: Phillips on Phillips

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noun-ASTRONOMY

1. a conjunction or opposition, especially of the moon with the sun.”the planets were aligned in syzygy

“the planets were aligned in syzygy

2. a pair of connected or corresponding things.”animus and anima represent a supreme pair of opposites, the syzygy”

“animus and anima represent a supreme pair of opposites, the syzygy”

3. when the writer of the baseball recap has the same name as a player on the other team

“hoo boy howdy looks like Brett Phillips is coming to the plate, hope that Pulitzer Prize-winning blogger Brett Phillips is ‘capping this one so it’ll be a dang syzygy i tell you hwat”

I have a vested interest in tonight’s game because tonight, I get to see my doppelganger take the field against my favorite team.