For those of you who are freaking out about tonight’s loss, please. In case you’ve forgotten, the last three postseason series the Phils were involved in were tied 1-1, including last year’s World Series. This isn’t a 7 game Series against the Nationals, they are playing a pretty decent baseball team, and they are bound to lose a game or, GASP, maybe even two. There are a lot of positives to take away from the first two games. Both of our starting pitchers looked great. I have no apprehension at all about using Pedro in Game 6 if the Series goes that far. The bullpen looked solid tonight, with Ryan Madson looking absolutely dominant. Yes, the hitting sucked, but you gotta hand it to him, AJ Burnett pitched a hell of a game. Nonetheless, when the Series started, everyone was hoping to have a split coming back home. We got it. I am almost surprised about how little this loss bothers me. In fact, the only thing that bothers me is having Cole Hamels starting Game 3. I suspect we’ll see JA Happ by the 4th inning. Hamels is flat out shot, and I really would have had no problem with keeping him off the WS roster. But he is the defending WS MVP, so I guess you gotta give him one shot. Nonetheless, you hope for 5 decent innings out of him and then you expect your bullpen to go long. That’s fine. The bullpen is nothing if not rested. Let’s go Phils!