Lucidia Lohman

The Phils Take Care of Their End… Now It’s Lulu’s Turn!

Lulu, Kelly, and I are utterly psyched right now because the Philadelphia Phillies are the 2008 World Champions, having finally finished Game 5 tonight with a 4–3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

For anyone that hasn’t been subjected to the superstitious diatribe, I was born near Philadelphia (Norristown) in November 1980, less than a month following the Phillies (then) only World Championship. They made it back to the World Series in 1983, losing to the Baltimore Orioles (I was then living in Pasadena, MD, about 10 miles from Baltimore). When my folks and I moved back to PA in 1993, there were the Phillies, again in the World Series, this time losing to the Blue Jays in 6 games.

It seems only fitting that a birth be the catalyst to a successful World Championship run. We can’t wait for your arrival, Lulu. You’re sure to hear a much more detailed (and, of course, exaggerated) version of this story every year on your birthday!

Love you, kiddo!