Hal Lublin

An Open Letter to the 2009 Phillies

Dear 2009 Phillies: Thank you for what has been an amazing season. You've been resilient, clutch at all the right moments, dominant in others, and most of all you've embodied the hard-working-everyman identity of my beloved hometown. You're loaded with homegrown talent and have added pieces to the puzzle that have made this team as good (if not better) than the team that won it all last year. Last year you changed the attitude of an entire city that had lost hope. This year, you have the ...