Finally

After 28 years, the Phillies finally won the World Series in (delayed by rain) Game Five.

It was 44 degrees Fahrenheit (6.7 degrees Celsius), with a stiff wind to right field when play resumed Wednesday night. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel sent up Geoff Jenkins as a pinch-hitter for Hamels, intending to replace him if Rays manager Joe Maddon countered with a left-hander like the rookie David Price.

Rico says he didn't stay up for the whole thing (creeping old-fartism and a brain injury), but when the Phillies were ahead going into the ninth inning he went to bed. Fortunately there wasn't a last-minute disaster, and they won:

With two out in the ninth inning Wednesday, at 9:58 p.m., closer Brad Lidge's slider went under Eric Hinske's bat for strike three... A giant championship banner fell against the center-field backdrop, and fireworks exploded in the distance.