No Harm, No Phoul as Phillies Win World Series

They can party like it's 1980.

After bashing Selig all week, all is well in the baseball world as the Phillies held on to win the World Series, besting the Rays 4-1. Fittingly, it ended with a nasty Lidge (Good for him!) slider as the Rays tried to end his streak of perfection. Rain delays or not, it was well worth the wait for the Phillies.

Oh, and Rollins said they would win 100 games this season. Well, not exactly. 102 games.

As for AL dominance, this doesn't change much, but the Phillies outplayed the Rays in this series. Were they the better team? The 162 game season says otherwise, but the seven-game season made its own statement.

When do we start hearing stories about Manuel's mother "helping them win the World Series"?

Now on to obsessing about next year ... The baseball season never sleeps, no matter the disappearance of Baseball Tonight.