The Day After: The Phils, Mathis Mania and a bad day for Joes

As we revel in all the drama that both of Monday's games brought, here are a few takes on the contests from America's bards and bloggers. Rich Hofmann, Philly Daily News: "They have this quality about them — cool, cojones, whatever. Everybody can see it, everybody who has watched the Phillies through the last few summers. It is what separates them from every team in every franchise in this city in most of our memories. The Phillies can read a scoreboard with the best of them, and act accordingly. They can read a calendar better than almost any of them, and turn it on in the money months of September and October. We all can see it. It will always mark this group as special and identify this epoch. And now, this. They just keep doing it. Amazing, stunningly, etc." Phil Sheridan, Philadelphia Inquirer: When tiny Jimmy Rollins(notes) stepped into the batter's box against righthanded sequoia Jonathan Broxton(notes) last night, with runners on first and secon...