If I told you in 1995 that we’d be nearly to the end of the first decade of the 21st century and the following things were true, you’d tell me I was nuts.
- The New York Yankees haven’t won a World Series
- The Boston Red Sox have won two.
- The Philadelphia Phillies have won one.
- The Tampa Bay Rays had the second best record in baseball in 2008, and beat the Red Sox to advance to the World Series where they were in turn beaten by the Philadelphia Phillies.
And the craziest/best thing? Starting today the teams gather in Florida and Arizona to get ready for the season in which your Philadelphia Phillies will be the Defending World Champion Philadelphia Phillies!
Everytime I hear that, or write that, or think about that – it brings a tear to my eye.