If you are a person with ears who lives anywhere in Philadelphia, I’m sure you already know that the Phillies won the World Series last night. Starting at approximately 10:15 p.m. (and ending around 2 a.m.), the cars started honking, frat guys started shrieking like little girls, and it was pretty clear that the entire city was in utter ecstasy over such an epic win.

Kids are always traipsing around Penn in Phillies gear, but during the past few days the number of fans has probably quadrupled. Sadly, I am not truly one of those fans – I love the Phillies through osmosis, but I know nothing about baseball (nor do I particularly care).

So I got my friend/sports fan IndependentClause to explain all the exciting details to me – and to my surprise, they actually were exciting!

This past Monday, October 27, the Phillies were beating Tampa Bay four games to one, making game five super-special because winning it would mean winning the whole series.

However, fans were left in suspense when it began to rain in the middle of the sixth inning and the game had to be cut-off short. It then proceeded to downpour/sleet all day Tuesday, pushing the end of game five all the way to yesterday, October 29.

Last night the Phillies beat Tampa Bay 4-3 in a 3-inning-long game. But who cares if it was weirdly short – they won, for the first time in “like, a billion years” (IndependentClause’s explanation, not mine). So yay Phillies! Maybe I’ll wear red today in their honor – it’s the least I could do to show my Philadelphia pride.