Dispelling Illusions
Published 10/10/2008 by Thomas Boswell at Wash Post MLB
For the Phillies, the Game 1 win carried extra weight overcaming a 2-0 deficit while also helping demythologize a Dodgers team wrapping itself in the cloak of men who've won titles for other teams.
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