Bowa has said a number of times "yeah we won in 1980, but the 1977 team was better"..and I agree, they were a powerhouse. You just couldnt write a script like Black Friday, it all came apart. I they had won that, i truly believe they win Game 4 and go onto play the Yanks...it wasnt meant to be.
I was at Loyalty as a medic from late 07 to beginning of 09. The aerostat was a pain in the ass a lot of the time with the sandstorms, but you guys could see stuff nobody else could.
So glad this team won the World Series because all these division titles and pennants from 76-83 and to not win at least one would have been terrible. They could have won 3
Began following baseball this year. I lived in MD, the Orioles were my favorite team, the Phillies were my favorite NL team. Went to a couple of games in 77’ Tim McCarver hit a grand slam in my very first Phillies game against the Mets.
Phillies finished 1st place in 76-77-78 but lost in playoffs Royals finished 1st place in 76-77-78 but lost in playoffs Finally in 1980, Philly vs KC in the World Series (two greatest 3B ever)
I was 14, living in Germantown. My dad did not like sports so I listened on a small transistor radio. Not complaining, made me have to use my imagination. Of course having Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn doing the play by play was a big plus.
MLB didn't have a production arm in those days and the NFL used to let NFL Films take on outside clients. NFL Films is based in New Jersey right across the bridge from Philly.
Why would the yearly rundown of a Major League baseball team be done by NFL Films? Isn’t this one of the many reasons the popularity of baseball was surpassed by the NFL during this period of time?
Cool video....never saw it or knew much about them. I was born in '86, so '93 was my first real run with the team. The 1st play with Boone watching him chase down a runner between 2nd and 3rd from home plate is pretty wild to see. I want to know the context of that play.
Not necessarily! They lost game 4 so it would have been 2 games each. It's ridiculous to just assume they would have won game 5. Dodgers could have won game 5 as well.
