It’s been a few days since the clincher of the NLCS. I am still pretty spent. Those NLCS games were a bitch. With the exception of the 11-0 Game 3 blowout, every game had a ton of drama.

Here’s some interesting stats and more as we wait to find out who we’re playing in the Series.

Jayson Werth is now the Phillies all-time postseason home run leader with 7 long balls. His opposite field shot to right-center on Wednesday was crushed.

The first ever postseason home run by a Phillie was hit by Fred Luderus in the 1915 World Series. 61 years later, the franchise got its second postseason homer off the bat of Greg Luczinski in the 1976 NLCS against the Cincinnati Reds.

61 years. 4 wars were fought in the meantime. Damn, we are blessed fans right now.

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If the Phillies wrap up 2009 with another World Series, Charlie Manuel will become the 25th manager to win at least 2 World Series.

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The Phillies have now played the Dodgers in 5 NLCS. After losing the first two in 1977 and 1978, the Phils have won the last three (1983, 2008, 2009).

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Jayson Werth leads the team with 11 strikeouts in the postseason, but we’ll take it when he also leads the team with a 1.208 OPS which is just a hair better than Ryan Howard’s 1.204. Imagine what the Phillies offense would look like right now with a locked-in Pedro Feliz, who has looked generally awful throughout the postseaon. He is sporting a razor-thin .567 OPS right now.

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The Yankees have won 26 World Series. The Phillies have won 2. But the current crop of Phillies has more World Series experience position by position than the Bronx Bombers. Consider: every position player for the Phillies except for Raul Ibanez has played in the World Series. The Yankees? 5 of their 8 position players will be playing in their first ever World Series (Alex Rodriguez, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, Melky Cabrera and Mark Teixeira).

On the starting pitching side of things, only Andy Petitte is a Yankee starter with World Series experience. Mariano Rivera’s postseason record goes without saying. For the Phils, only Cliff Lee will be pitching in his first Fall Classic. J.A. Happ was with the team for last year’s World Series, but was not on the roster after pitching in the 2008 NLCS.

The Phillies won’t be intimidated by playing the Yankees. In fact, I feel like they’ll be more jacked up for the Yankees, and playing the Angels would be a letdown.

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Feeling confident about Cole Hamels showing up to pitch like the 2008 version of himself in this year’s World Series? Yeah, me neither. Hamels gave up 7 earned runs in the NLCS, which is what he gave up in ALL of the 2008 postseason. Hamels is sporting an ugly 6.75 ERA this year, and just doesn’t look like the Hamels of old.

That said, some of Hamels’ 2009 postseason stats are not much different from last year. For instance, his K/9IP is 7.36. Last year it was 7.71. Walks? Last year he walked 2.31 batters per 9 IP. This year? 1.23 BB/9.

So what is the difference between this year and last? Batting average. Last year, batters hit .190 off of King Cole. This year they are batting .328.