When the Phillies took the field against the Dodgers last night, no one was completely sure what to expect. After all, there had been talk for the last week about the Phillies pitching staff and what we were to anticipate from them. There had been some major changes in it at a time of the year that generally sees no changes at all. But last night, Brad Lidge showed that he was still at the top of his game and Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz were able to get themselves back into the kind of playoff hitting that we’ve expected to see for a few weeks now. This is a team that’s looking more and more like the team that we saw in last year’s championship run. The Dodgers and the ALCS winners should beware, because it might be a bumpy ride. The Dodgers lost 8-6 but it wasn’t as close as it seems for most of the game, and now they lead 1-0 in the series.