philadelphia phillies

Every cliche, platitude, or superlative one could conjure up is applicable to what happened over a three hour period on the final evening of the 2011 Major League Baseball season.  The Braves and Red Sox decided to take September off, and the Cardinals and Rays took full advantage.

Two former Frankiln Cougars have been drafted in the 2011 MLB first year player draft.  The Phillies grabbed 2007 graduate Michael Marshall in the 30th round with the 931st selection.  Marshall hit .337 with 15 home runs and 68 RBI last year for Lubbock Christian University.  He also went 9-0 with 101 strikeouts for the Chaparrals.

Philadelphia gets a bad rap nationally as a sports town.  They are seen as loud, crass, and obnoxious.  Philadelphians are characterized as provincial, and not as worldly as New Yorkers.  Yes, it's easy to point at Eagles fans booing Santa Claus, the court underneath the Vet and now the Link, or most recently the drunk Philles fan who threw up on an 11 year old girl.

For the last few years baseball fans were duped into believing Albert Pujols was a different kind of superstar.