Winning on the Road, A Crucial 'Bad Meets Evil' Caveat

An important thought occurred to me yesterday as I took in the end of Game 2.

The other day I endorsed the Phillies for 2009 World Series Champion. No backpedaling on that one, but I do want to specify an important caveat/rider/addendum to that endorsement.

It is my great, great hope that the Phillies not only beat the Yankees, but also that they win the final, clinching game at Yankee Stadium, NOT at Citizens Bank Park.

Winning a playoff series on the road always kind of sucks in comparison to winning at home. For the clinching team there is no adoring crowd to soak it all in with, only the solidarity of one another and a clubhouse to soak with champagne.

That's pretty awesome in its own right (particularly, I should think, when you've clinched the World Series; of course I wouldn't know), but ask any fan out there whether he or she'd rather their team clinch a series at home or on the road and every single one of them will say at home.

That's exactly why I want the Phillies to win on the road.

Not only will they not have Phillies fans surrounding them and showering them with cheers, instead (and better yet), they'll have a stadium full of dejected Yankee fans with whom to share the moment.

It's the closest we come to having both teams lose. The Phillies (and more importantly their fans) would lose out on the thrill of winning at home, and the Yankees would just lose out entirely.

It ain't much but it's something. And this year, in this World Series, all we can do is grasp at straws.

Have good weekends everyone.

- A.F.O.M.G.