Fifteen years is a long time to wait for anything, particularly a championship in Philadelphia. Technically, it has been 25 years since any Philadelphia team (1983 76ers) has won a World Championship. Hopefully, that will change in about 2 weeks from now !This 2008 Phillies team has met all expectations. Pitching, which was the primary concern in the beginning of the year, has been outstanding. Timely contributions from role players (Victorino, Werth, Dobbs) has been key also.
Pat Gillick, the Phillies' GM should be commended for some great moves this year. The Brad Lidge trade turned out to be brilliant, and small obscure moves like trading for Matt Stairs reaped major benefits.
I was hoping for a Phillies / Red Sox World Series, but at this point, I don't care who the Phillies play.
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The truly amazing aspect of this stunning Phils victory is that their march to meliority, their path to prodigiousness, the euphemistic "road to the World Series" went through juggernauts Milwaukee and Los Angelas. Godspeed, young Phillies!
Raymondo, I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic or not. The Brewers limped into the playoffs and burned out their starting pitching, especially Sabathia, just to get there. And the Dodgers were a nice little sub-.500 team for most of the season and barely rose above the mediocrity in the NL West. The Phils have had the easiest path to the World Series, by far. And what the hell does "meliority" mean? And "prodigiousness"? The average Phils fan won't understand this. Most of them think "juggernauts" is a new salty snack from the good people at Planters.
Anonymous, you are confusing sarcasm with contumeliousness. It is a bourgeois (i.e., common) mistake. Now pass me some of them jugger-nuts and Let's Go Phils!
Phillies fans will be sure to munch on jugger-nuts when they are attending the World Series Victory parade down Broad St.
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