This is stuff of Movies right here. The NL East Champion Philadelphia Phillies go into the 9th down two to the Colorado Rockies, Ryan Howard drives in the tying runs and scores the winning run. Cliff Lee recounts what went down in the Phillies dugout right before the 9th.

“That hit by Howard was the biggest and most impressive hit I’ve seen in my career. The only thing that might have made it better was if it woulda went out of the yard. He came down to the end of the bench and said, ‘Get me to the plate, boys.’ He wasn’t lying. He got up there and drilled those runs in. That was huge. That was the game right there.” -Cliff Lee on Ryan Howard’s performance

via The700Level.com – Philly Sports & Minutiae: Quotable: ‘Get me to the plate, boys’.

You have got to love that, unless you are from Colorado.

Apparently Ryan Howard has been dubbed “The Big Piece” by Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel. Could be it.

Howard and Lee lead way for Phils | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/24/2009.

[c/o The700level.com]

I’ve been to Wrigley, it is an awesome experience, this idiot, like most idiot fans, are in the minority. His actions got his whole row thrown out.

Nonsense aside: beer washes off, championships are forever and the Phillies won 12-5 in Pedro Martinez’s Phillies debut.