If you’ve ever been caught on the highway in a blinding storm, you understand how the Philadelphia Phillies arrived here, at a World Series lead over the Houston Astros. When the challenge of making it through the present instant is all-consuming, you get lost in it. You stop making choices and just make moves. You take an inch, then the next inch, and then the next.
On Friday night, they stepped onto MLB’s biggest stage and cut through the latest obstacle, winning Game 1 over the 106-win Houston Astros, over the team that went up 5-0 after the third inning, over the team with the Hall of Fame-bound likely Cy Young winner on the mound.