The new Phillies dynasty

Congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies and their fans, who are headed to the World Series for the second year in a row. It must be nice. The better team definitely will represent the National League in the World Series, though I'll admit I was hoping for either a Dodgers/Yankees matchup or a Freeway Series in Southern California. No disrespect intended toward the Phillies, but I'm a Southern California native and spent a large chunk of my youth dreaming of a Dodgers/Angels Fall Classic. The Dodgers/Yankees thing was just based on the delicious possibility of Joe Torre making a triumphant return to New York. Didn't happen. Jimmy Rollins took care of that with his dramatic game-winning double in Game 4. Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth did the rest. Seems like yesterday that Werth was the sappling catcher the Orioles drafted with their first pick in 1997. Pat Gillick thought he was going to be a star and he turned out to be right, though Werth ended up an outfield...