Remember this moment

by my friend Matt



The Moment the Phillies are the Champs
October 29, 2008, 10:31pm
Matt Soffer

Remember this moment. The Phillies just threw the final pitch of the Major League 2008 Post-season. Eric Hinske swung the final swing, the final, fatal miss.

Remember this moment, when we're across the street:

When the Eagles take it to the one, and push with all their might—when their might falls inches short, remember this moment.

When the Flyers fly to the Cup with seeming invincibility, and with heartbreaking instability, gut-wrenching fallibility, fall on their faces—when they leave fans stunned and silent, remember this moment.

When the Sixers take game one of the finals, raising the city's hopes higher than anyone expected, and they drop games 2, 3, 4 and fall in 5—when we sit staring at our TVs, stuck drinking the warm backwash of our beers and all we can say is, "of course"—
remember that the course has changed because of this moment.

Remember this moment, when it's hardest to remember this moment.
When it feels like the drought will never end,
remember this moment:
for this is how it will feel,
when it happens again.