Inch us, lease.

We won't even say the word. We won't even write the letter.

All we'll say is last night, the hillies ulled even when the Mets lost to the Cardinals and they beat the Braves. At Burrell hit a homer. So did Ryan Howard. Forty-thousand-lus acked Citizens Bank Ballark, waving silly white towels, chests ounding with ride.

The hillies won, 6-4. They lay the Nationals (hey, now) this weekend in a three-game set. The Mets get the Marlins.

The difference here is we won't brag. We'll cautiously cheer and remind the city of hiladelhia that this is a team who's ulled close before, only to blow it in the end. So before the hillie hanatic starts dancing around New York TV -- our favorite morning rogram reported this this morn' -- let's all take a deep breath and remember: We're talking about the hiladelhia hillies.

So. Cautious cheering. Won't. Say. The word.