History In The Making

Congratulations to Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard for tying Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt's team record for home runs in a season. Howard hit his 48th home run of the year in a 10-6 win in Washington last night. I was fortunate enough to hear the call live in my car. Unfortunately, I had an opportunity to go to tonight's game -- where I could have possibly season Howard break the record -- but had to pass due to other commitments (Jesus, doesn't work suck?). By the way, don't look now but the Marlins are making a huge push for the wildcard spot. Winners of nine in a row (for the second time this season), the Fish are now just one game behind the Phillies and Reds, a game and a half behind the Padres. All this despite having one of the most embattled managers in baseball south of Toronto. At the very least, this ought to make for an interesting last month of the season as the Phils play the Marlins 10 times in that span. Anyone else think it will come down to the last day like last year?