Our Ambitionz as a Ridah...

1. We are not optimistic at all regarding the Phillies' post season chances! And we're OK with that. They gave us a championship last year and a third straight National League East title this season. They owe us nothing. So we are going to sit back and try not to get stressed out this week. There are simply too many problems with this team. Cole Hamels has not pitched well all season. Cliff Lee, clearly burned out by a slew of complete games this summer, has not pitched well in over a month. Brad Lidge has been terrible. The rest of the pen is hurt -- Moyer, Park and Romero have all been shut down for the rest of the season. Still, their offense has the potential to be the best in baseball. So, who knows?!?

2. Another game, another W in flag football! The Cardinals won last night, 28-7. Yes, we actually gave up a touchdown for the first time all season (on the first play, no less). The Playmaker caught one pass for 20 yards. (It was the only time all night we threw to him.)

3. A first in this space -- a FIELD HOCKEY update! It is actually nice to go watch The Playmaker's Sister play and not be the coach. We can just go and be a parent-slash-fan. There aren't a lot of teams at the 5th/6th grade level, so the girls have only played two games. They lost their first one (against a 7th/8th grade team), 4-0. Monday night, they lost to a 6th/7th grade team, 2-0. Major improvement, though, Monday as the girls actually had the ball in the other team's half of the field for a while. (Maybe that happened game one for a total of 20 seconds?!?) The Playmaker's Sister played "middie" (which we can only assume stands for midfielder?!?) the first game and forward the second.

4. Rumor has it the NBA has started playing pre-season games! The Sixers won their first game last night, defeating the Raptors 107-98. (Bosh and Hedo did not play.) The only thing that caught our eye was Jason Kapono wearing number 72. His explanation? "It's a rare number and I'm a rare person." Um, OK, if you say so. ZZZ.