While by the time I am writing this, the Philadelphia Phillies have already lost the NLCS in Game 7 to Arizona, I still would like to reminisce on my time at Game 6 at Citizens Bank Park. When my friend called with the chance for us to go to the game, I knew I had to take it. I have never been to a playoff game before, and it was what could have been a series-clinching game. (If you’ve been following, you would know that it unfortunately was not).

As we both had to finish our work for the day, as soon as we were done we raced to get on the Broad Street Line to take the subway down to the stadium. We arrived at the bottom of the first inning and quickly found our way to our seats to watch the game. It wasn’t like we sat much, however, as the stadium was full of energy.

While the game progressed and things weren’t looking great for the Phillies, the stadium never lost its momentum in cheering on Philadelphia. It was truly a great time, even though we couldn’t pull out a win, because of the energy of the crowd. When we left the stadium, we were hopeful for a Game 7 win the following night.

As I prefaced, our hopes were crushed on Tuesday night. My roommate and I watched the game from home, and it wasn’t pretty. The Phillies in both games 6 and 7 struggled at bat and unfortunately lost the series to the Diamondbacks and were eliminated. While it is a shame, I am glad that I got to go to my first playoff game and still have a great time. ‘Til next year!

— Aly Evans, business development and events coordinator