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Remember when we kept the Rays awake? That was great

Good morning! Eight years ago today we waited as Major League Baseball kept a suspension over Game 5 of the World Series. And we planned. Oh we planned.

To the news:

Speaking of reliving history, the story of the Phillies fans disrupting the Rays in between Game 5 and Game 5.5 has resurfaced, since Joe Maddon’s Cubs and Indians are dealing with a potentially rainy World Series. Always fun to relive that.
As we noted Thursday, both Freddy Galvis and Odubel Herrera were named finalists for Rawlings Gold Glove awards.

Neither will win, but both deserve nominations. Galvis, certainly, had a great year at shortstop but isn’t quite Brandon Crawford or even Addison Russell (at least in reputation). Herrera, meanwhile, pales in defensive skill compared to Ender Inciarte and Billy Hamilton, but he has made some great strides since taking on the position. Put it this way: We could have Ben Revere out there still.

Slow news week, but plenty of pontificating. Check out our Offseason Preview, which looks at three important places the Phils need to address – outfield, starting rotation, bullpen. I’ll sum all of it up today.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.