What goes up, must come down

An example of the way the universe balances itself out. On one end of Interstate 95, jubilation. On the other end, despair. The Philadelphia Phillies were seven games back in baseball's National League East division with 17 games to go, looking up at the New York Mets. Then the Mets fell apart. Last week was horrendous for them--losing six of seven to two awful teams. Meanwhile, the Phillies kept plugging away, winning a few, losing one or two. They never gave up, even in late innings. The Mets, though, wilted, letting a sure thing slip through. The two lessons: victory is fleeting, but you should never give up.