the phillies won the nl east again! second year in a row! the mets also collapsed again, but i'm not the type of guy who would revel in that. what happened, happened, no need even to mention it in this post. bring on the brewers, and maybe this year the phillies will win a game in the playoffs.
on a related phillies note, son and heir contacted me about making a t-shirt with the drawing of the philly phanatic from last year, and that shirt is ready for the playoffs. there are also nice shirts for other baseball teams. mr. sonheir himeself is a cubs fan, whom i am willing to root for in the first round, however, let's be honest...go phils! check it and tell'm eben sent you.
in fact this is not the alex meyer of this here website. this alex meyer is 6'7", 200lbs, a right handed pitcher, and was drafted in the 20th round by the boston red sox (but can you draw mr. meyer!?). a highly sought after high school pitcher, he will be attending the university of kentucky in the fall and was recently named the greensburg daily news' male athlete of the year:
In just 51 1/3 innings of work, Meyer notched 108 strike-outs including 17 in the Regional Championship game where he posted a 3-1 decision against New Palestine.
He ended an unbeaten season in which he allowed but 19 hits, with an ERA of 0.95. That gave him a place among the state leaders in all three categories - earned run average, strike-outs, and wins.
it was fun while it lasted, but it didn't last long (grumble). the phillies laid a big egg against colorado, and all the excitement that filled the eben sails is now gone. back to drawing NON-phanatic drawings.
okay, i am excited, my second baseball post in three days (no, this isn't going to turn into a sportsblog, just a bit of a philly homer blog). the phillies are in the playoffs for the first time since 1993, playing the colorado rockies in philadelphia today at 3pm edt, which i am guessing is going to impact the philly workday post-lunch, quite a bit. so if you are excited too, here is some philly reading (mainly, this is for rudy, he likes when i keep him apprised of the philly media). and in case you are wondering, the characters below are phil and phyllis, i had a decal on my window of them growing up, put there by my brother, i think.
normally about drawings, sketches and illustrations, this post is about baseball. i'm from philly, i'm a phillies fan, and damnit, i am stinkin' giddy, especially after watching the final three outs. tears of joy. i think i'll be drawing p's all day long.
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