Yeah Baby...
So much to write, so little time to get it all posted. Let's see, we'll start with the biggest news for this old Philly boy:
THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ARE
WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!
We've waited 28 years for this to happen again. And for a team that has existed for 126 years, with only one other World Series win to show for it in 1980, this has been a long time coming.I remember the last (and only other) time the Phils won the Series, I was 15 years old, in 10th grade. They beat the KC Royals that year. And then there was '93, and I remember it vividly, watching Mitch Williams give up the Series-ending home run to Joe Carter. Heartbreaking. And there was last summer, when the Phillies played in Denver on the verge of losing their 10,000th game in franchise history, only to eek out a win on the last day of the series, so they left Denver at number 9,999.
And now the city can celebrate at 25 year drought from a championship in ANY sport. The last team to win it all was the '83 Sixers. I was living in Philly at the time, attending Temple University. Yep, I've lived and died with the Phillies ever since i was a little boy. Dad used to take us to the Vet with tickets through Sloan Cheverolet. We had great box seats on the first base side, and would go to at least 3-4 games every summer.
Lots of good baseball memories with the Phillies:
- Trying to get Hank Aaron to autography my baseball, only to have some unknown Braves player grab my ball instead, and I was stuck with a worthless souvenir. I think I was 8 or 9 years old.
- Seeing a bench-clearing brawl on Richis Ashburn Hat Day, against the Cincinnati Reds. I went with my friend Rich from The Garden of Earthly Delights. I must have been 16 or so at the time.
- 1980 World Series team had Pete Rose playing for us, and I was never a big Pete Rose fan, but was feeling "forced" to root for him, since he was now a Phillie player.
THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ARE
WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!
We've waited 28 years for this to happen again. And for a team that has existed for 126 years, with only one other World Series win to show for it in 1980, this has been a long time coming.I remember the last (and only other) time the Phils won the Series, I was 15 years old, in 10th grade. They beat the KC Royals that year. And then there was '93, and I remember it vividly, watching Mitch Williams give up the Series-ending home run to Joe Carter. Heartbreaking. And there was last summer, when the Phillies played in Denver on the verge of losing their 10,000th game in franchise history, only to eek out a win on the last day of the series, so they left Denver at number 9,999.
And now the city can celebrate at 25 year drought from a championship in ANY sport. The last team to win it all was the '83 Sixers. I was living in Philly at the time, attending Temple University. Yep, I've lived and died with the Phillies ever since i was a little boy. Dad used to take us to the Vet with tickets through Sloan Cheverolet. We had great box seats on the first base side, and would go to at least 3-4 games every summer.
Lots of good baseball memories with the Phillies:
- Trying to get Hank Aaron to autography my baseball, only to have some unknown Braves player grab my ball instead, and I was stuck with a worthless souvenir. I think I was 8 or 9 years old.
- Seeing a bench-clearing brawl on Richis Ashburn Hat Day, against the Cincinnati Reds. I went with my friend Rich from The Garden of Earthly Delights. I must have been 16 or so at the time.
- 1980 World Series team had Pete Rose playing for us, and I was never a big Pete Rose fan, but was feeling "forced" to root for him, since he was now a Phillie player.