I heard this story on NPR this past Saturday morning:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=11326872

...as a White Sox fan, it had quite a bit of resonance.

The tie-in to kilts was that the fella said somethng like:

It took the Scots seven hundred years to defeat the English but when the Battle of Bannockburn was over you can only imagine how sweet it was.

...so to Phillies fans everywhere, take heart!

Best

AA