Post-NLCS Game 2 Thread: Clawing Out A Win (Dodgers 2, Phillies 1)

DODGERS 2, PHILLIES 1 You know why this post-game thread is so late? Because it was INCREDIBLY FRICKIN' HOT out there at the Stadium today. Unbelievably hot. And since a phalanx of Sons (Alex Cora, Delino DeShields, Orel, and Steve Sax) all humped it out there to support the Dodgers (and only Delino made it out of the parking lot morass with reasonable speed), we're a little late. But, we're happy. Aside from the excitement that comes from watching a winning-run scoring, bases-loaded walk to win the game, we can revel in the glory of having seen: Vicente Padilla pitch lights out through seven and a third innings, giving up only a Ryan Howard home run in the fourth that was probably the quietest postseason home run ever; Chan Ho Park (who took the loss) return to the form that we remember as Dodger fans, instead of the Park that basically shut us down in Game 1; Jim Thome knock a key base hit in the eighth to keep the game-winning rally going; the Phillies' bul...