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EnergizedLib

(1,889 posts)
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 06:21 PM Oct 2022

I've seen a lot of pennant winners in person

Quite a few teams I’ve seen in a given season have gone on to make the World Series or win it.

2006: Cardinals at White Sox, Redbirds win the World Series.

2012: Tigers at Cubs, the Tigers win their most recent pennant.

2013: Cardinals at Cubs, St. Louis wins its most recent pennant.

2014: Royals at White Sox, Royals win their first of two straight, with the big prize the next year.

2016: Pirates at Cubs - Finally.

2019: Astros at Rangers - Houston wins its second pennant in three years.

And now, 2022: Nationals at Phillies, and Philadelphia makes an improbable run, like the Phold of 1964 in reverse.

It’s nuts.

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I've seen a lot of pennant winners in person (Original Post) EnergizedLib Oct 2022 OP
It's been 14 years since Phillie went to the Series. Scottie Mom Oct 2022 #1
WAHOO! cornball 24 Oct 2022 #3
Thanks for the tease; guess I should be paying attention, elleng Oct 2022 #2
GO Phillies! FalloutShelter Oct 2022 #4
AND PHILLY GOES WILD! BumRushDaShow Oct 2022 #5
I was in the photographers dugout shooting for the paper at the 2008 series Walleye Oct 2022 #6
No kidding EnergizedLib Oct 2022 #7
It was pretty interesting there was a 40 hour rain delay Walleye Oct 2022 #8
It sounds like it worked for you EnergizedLib Oct 2022 #9
Well the earlier the better on those things 9 PM is the sports deadline used to be Walleye Oct 2022 #10
The game before that was actually a little better for me Walleye Oct 2022 #11

Scottie Mom

(5,812 posts)
1. It's been 14 years since Phillie went to the Series.
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 06:24 PM
Oct 2022

That 9th inning was a real nail bitter. Great game.

Edit for typo.

elleng

(130,732 posts)
2. Thanks for the tease; guess I should be paying attention,
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 06:26 PM
Oct 2022

as I'm in a DC 'suburb,' and family's near Philly.

EnergizedLib

(1,889 posts)
7. No kidding
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 07:05 PM
Oct 2022

I remember that World Series, the final out from Brad Lidge, of course, but also the home run from Joe Blanton.

Walleye

(30,978 posts)
8. It was pretty interesting there was a 40 hour rain delay
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 07:17 PM
Oct 2022

Phils were ahead after five innings and the bottom dropped out. Deluge. And nobody wanted to award the World Series on the basis of a five inning game. So they had to delay until two days later when it finally stopped raining. The Phillies went ahead to win and it was actually better for me because it is hell to shoot sports in the rain, and I had a much earlier victory to make deadline with

EnergizedLib

(1,889 posts)
9. It sounds like it worked for you
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 07:22 PM
Oct 2022

I remember that and the rain delay issue. What was your deadline, do you remember? Those things are always tough, speaking from first hand experience.

Walleye

(30,978 posts)
10. Well the earlier the better on those things 9 PM is the sports deadline used to be
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 07:26 PM
Oct 2022

But we usually have to hustle to get the pictures in sometime around 11 or midnight. It was when I first used a laptop to transmit pictures from the dugout. Sure could’ve used one of these smart phones

Walleye

(30,978 posts)
11. The game before that was actually a little better for me
Sun Oct 23, 2022, 07:28 PM
Oct 2022

I got a great shot of Ruiz sliding into home plate for the winner and the dugout erupting in the background. Of course we had to run that pile-up on the pitchers mound after the Series won very large in the paper. As I recall Jimmy Rollins injured his leg and missed some games in the next season doing that

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