If you didn't see it, you've got to check out the helping hand offered by the Philadelphia Phillies when the Colorado Rockies' grounds crew had a wee bit of difficulty with the tarp during a recent rain delay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99tGf8WWoRQ
Of course! That's what the hard-working, hard-playing people of Philly do when there's trouble - -they help! They're not afraid to get their hands dirty. Although I have to admit I'm pretty disappointed in the Rockies staff (save former Cub LaTroy Hawkins, who joined in), I couldn't help but join the home crowd and applaud the visiting Phillies.
But wait! How many of the Phillies players are actually from Philadelphia? Former Cub pitcher (and still ageless at 44) Jamie Moyer is from Sellersville, PA, but that's it for the Pennsylvania contingent. Of course, you've got the usual half dozen Californians and four guys from the Dominican Republic, but the remainder of the Phillies roster reads like a US atlas. Three players from Texas, two from Oregon and states like Nebraska, North Dakota, Missouri, North Carolina and Washington are all represented in Phillies colors.
Doesn't sound like a bunch of crybaby, can't-break-a-fingernail-or-I'll-go-on-the-DL guys, does it? Is it coincidence that they're wearing the Phillies pinstripes or do the Phillies like to recruit guys who do whatever it takes?
Go Phillies!!
(at least until you play the Cubs)
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
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