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Philadelphia Phillies Looking for First World Series Title Since 1980
Not since Tug McGraw struck out
While that sounds nice, and for the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and the Chicago White Sox in 2005 that title worked well, the Phillies are up against another team that may be a little more worthy of the “destiny” claim. At least there are people who are still alive since the last time the Phillies won it all. The Chicago Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908. Fans of the Cubs can tell the city of
But this is a
Cole Hamels is the ace of the Phillies staff with 15 wins while Jamie Moyer, who some may say was actually at the Cubs last World Series celebration, picked up 14 wins. Outside of Hamels and Moyer there isn’t another pitcher on the staff with more than 10 wins.
With Rollins setting the table the Phillies have relied on Aaron Rowand, Chase Utley, Pat Burrell and Ryan Howard to bring in the runs and the foursome have delivered. Utley finished third in the NL with 48 doubles on this year while Rowand was close behind with 45. The twosome also combined for 192 RBIs and 49 HRs between them with both hitting higher than .300.
The power surge came from Ryan Howard as the big man put up sensational numbers once again with 47 home runs and 136 RBIs. His RBI total was tops in the National League. Phillies fans will have to hope that Howard limits his strikeouts in the post season; he set a new major league record with 199 whiffs in 529 at-bats.
Fortunately for the Phillies they can also count on Pat Burrell to carry some weight. While many in
The Phillies will find out later today who they will face in the first round when
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