Stop the presses!

Since the harried pace of the playoffs, baseball time has moved in slow motion. Yesterday was a particularly slow news day for the SoxandPhils, yet somehow I missed the most important news item of the day: Major League Baseball acknowledged that Philadelphia fans can be civil.

Of course, Jimmie Lee Solomon, Major League Baseball's executive vice president of baseball operations, couldn't just say something like, "Philly fans don't deserve the bad reputation they get." Nope, he's got to credit the security.

I thought there was going to be a problem possibly if Philly won the World Series, but if you noticed the crowd, they were very content. They were Philly fans, who are very excitable and express themselves in a very boisterous fashion. ... But I thought security did a great job.

There was a clear security presence during Game 5, but there was no way a Phillies fan would risk getting tossed by going on the field and missing the ensuing party.

Oh well, off to visit the folks in enemy territory, where for the first time Christine and I can both look at Mets and Yankees fans and wonder if they can remember their last World Championship.