The Cure: Learn to Love the Phillies Again

by Susan Cohen-Dickler

“It [baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.” former Baseball Commissioner Bart Giamatti Truer words have never been spoken especially if you're a Phillies fan. “The Cure” is a story about baseball, life and a dream season that ended in a nightmare. After winning a record 102 games in the 2011 regular season, the Philadelphia Phillies were unceremoniously eliminated in the very first round of the playoffs. So traumatic was this Phillies early and unexpected exit that many fans are still unable to watch, talk or even think about baseball. I was one of those fans until I found “The Cure.”“The Cure” is for any fan who has ever found themselves on the wrong side of a box score (and who hasn’t?) “The Cure” is for any fan who has ever had their heart broken by the team they love (and again, I ask, who hasn’t?) In short, for Phillies fans, “The Cure” is the antidote for a 2011 playoff run that poisoned an entire season. Written in lively narrative essay style, “The Cure” combines personal stories (I was engaged at a Phillies game,) with blog excerpts of season highlights (yes, there were highlights,) and a liberal dose of humor and heart (there is crying in baseball.) “The Cure” is just the ticket to get fans over their tears and back to their cheers. Written by a long-time Phillies fan, popular Phillies blogger, and a Featured Columnist on the the”Bleacher Report,” the US’s 4th largest media sports site, “The Cure” will give disheartened Phillies fans, and baseball fans everywhere, what they need most, an entertaining road back to the team and the sport they love.56 pages11,358 words

74 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 26, 2011