A great way to start the series.
While every game is important, this game was incredibly important for a variety of reasons:
1) It establishes confidence. It seems a big problem with the Chicago Cubs was once they lost the first game they lost all confidence and expected to collapse. A win tonight prevents that from ever happening.
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Now get me wrong, I am still very happy and very excited about the Philiies taking care of the Brew Crew and moving on to play LA in the NLCS. However, I am weary about their offense. Utley and Howard are both hitting under .200 and I don't even want to count how many men left on base there were this series. I have never been a big believer that the Phils rely on the long ball to score runs. These past four games, though, are starting to prove those critics correct. And just by looking at this season we know what happens when those long balls turn into long outs. The Marlins were a young, strong, talented team but could not string the hits together. They relied far too much on home runs and ultimately was their demise. Also, the Brewers are a powerful young team known to hit a lot of home runs. Luckily for the Phils, they lacked in the power department. The Phillies need to play small ball when they can. They can't always rely on the two out HRs.
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