The last time Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a home run, we were in Milwaukee for Game 4 of the National League Division Series. The Phils advaced to the NLCS later that day.

Rollins led off tonight's game at Dodger Stadium with a home run. With Cole Hamels on the mound, we all know how this one is going to end.

Honorary National League president Bill Giles will be handing the league championship trophy to the Phillies in another 90 minutes or so.

The Phillies, for just the sixth time in the 126 years of the franchise's existence, are headed to the World Series (barring a disastrous finish, although again, with Hamels on the mound and a 4-0 lead in the 5th, you have to like their chances).

As for that parade I was talking about... the Phillies' charter flight back home is expected to touch ground at Philadelphia International between 6 and 7 a.m. So if you're into stayin' up all night getting rowdy and greeting the team, there's a little heads-up from yours truly.