We're not quite in THERE ARE NO WORDS territory, but Karl Ehrhardt's sign from '69 works just fine until further notice.
To happily, nay giddily, recap:
• 7-1, tied for best start in franchise history with just 1985 now.
• First place maintained, positively; no backing in here.
• Lead of at least 3 (3-1/2 at the moment) also maintained.
• Best record in baseball, amateur-draft order be damned.
• 2006 prorated to 162 games: 142-20 — and numbers don't lie.
• Six-game winning streak, matching last season's best, which was executed in the desperate wake of an 0-5 start, whatever that is.
• Home runs produced by those who batted in the 3, 4, 5 and 6 slots, just like we drew it up in St. Lucie.
• Starting pitcher didn't collapse when given the opportunity.
• Darren Oliver sound as a pound all around.
• Importantly, it was a divisional win, which gives us the tiebreaker should we finish with the same record as Atlanta, though point differential will come into play if Dallas beats Washington on Christmas night…sorry, RFK Stadium played tricks with my mind.
Just like it did with all those fly balls we hit that went out and those they hit that didn't.
RFK was a senator from New York, you know. And we're 7-1.