Oct. 27 -- ONE MORE WIN

BY SCOTT LAUBER

So, Brett Myers mentioned that he was walking into Citizens Bank Park yesterday when he heard, from across the street at Lincoln Financial Field, chants of "Phil-lies! Phil-lies!"

Yeah, that kind of tells you what kind of mood everyone is in, doesn't it?

It could happen tonight. The Phillies, one win away from a World Series championship (say it with me, a World Series championship), could get the clincher tonight with Cole Hamels on the mound. Pretty incredible, especially since, on Sept. 10, they were four games out of a playoff spot. There were all kinds of heroes in Game 4, a 10-2 giggler over the Rays, and we had them all covered in today's News Journal.

-With his arm and his bat, Joe Blanton proved that he was far more than a consolation prize at the trade deadline.
-Ryan Howard delivered two enormous home runs, and as Kevin Roberts writes, it was just like Hank Aaron said he would
-Martin Frank closed his eyes and envisioned the parade down Broad Street. Pretty soon, he won't have to close his eyes anymore.
-We get to the bottom of Hat-Gate with Blanton and Rays manager Joe Maddon.
-Hamels has been money in the postseason (4-0, 1.55 ERA). But it wasn't so long ago that he came up small in a big spot.
-Within the notebook, Jamie Moyer tells us about the stomach virus that wasn't going to stop him from starting a World Series game, and we have more on Tim McGraw's classy move to sprinkle some of his father's ashes on the mound.
-Because Game 3 ended at 1:48 a.m., we reviewed it in The Paper today. If the Phillies win the Series, this will be the most important victory.
-Jim Thome dropped by to see his old team. You could argue, quite compellingly, that signing Thome back in 2003 was the first step in reaffirming that the Phillies would be contenders again. Mike Lieberthal was at Game 4, too.
-Scott Kazmir needs to rescue the Rays tonight.
-If the Phillies win tonight, Harry Kalas will make the call.
-Fans at the Bank were loving every second of last night's win. If the Phillies win tonight, it'll be worth the wait for long-suffering fans. All across Delaware, they're pulling for the Phils.
-Oh, and don't forget that you can re-live Game 4 with this photo gallery.