I miss this core of players they were with out a doubt the most exciting Philadelphia sports team to watch in my life so far and I am 40. They were never out of a game they grinded out every at bat just a pleasure to watch. Only thing I regret is that they didn't win multiple titles they should have they were so talented it's a shame.
I agree. I'm 29 and grew a 4-for-4 fan. But out of any team in any sport, this group of guys never felt like they were never out of a game. The '08 and '09 teams especially felt like they were almost untouchable. If it weren't Utley, JRoll, or Howard, you just KNEW someone else was gonna step up and make an impact. Had the same feeling with the 2017-18 Eagles. Guess that's why two of those teams won championships -- takes a full roster, top to bottom, to make it all the way.
I was at the game 1 in 2011 where Howard hit the big homer. By far the loudest i've ever heard citizens bank. If we beat the cardinals in the first round that year, no doubt we were winning the whole thing
51 home runs were hit during this stretch. 1. Shane Victorino (Grand Slam vs MIL) 2. Jimmy Rollins (Solo HR at MIL) 3. Pat Burrell (3-run HR at MIL) 4. Jayson Werth (Solo HR at MIL) 5. Pat Burrell (Solo HR at MIL) 6. Chase Utley (2-run HR vs LAD) 7. Pat Burrell (Solo HR vs LAD) 8. Shane Victorino (2-run HR at LAD) 9. Matt Stairs (2-run HR at LAD) 10. Jimmy Rollins (Solo HR at LAD) 11. Chase Utley (2-run HR at TB) 12. Eric Bruntlett (Solo HR at TB) 13. Carlos Ruiz (Solo HR vs TB) 14. Chase Utley (Solo HR vs TB) 15. Ryan Howard (Solo HR vs TB) 16. Ryan Howard (3-run HR vs TB) 17. Joe Blanton (Solo HR vs TB) 18. Jayson Werth (2-run HR vs TB) 19. Ryan Howard (2-run HR vs TB) 20. Jayson Werth (Solo HR vs COL) 21. Chase Utley (Solo HR at COL) 22. Shane Victorino (Solo HR at COL) 23. Jayson Werth (Solo HR at COL) 24. Carlos Ruiz (3-run HR at LAD) 25. Raul Ibanez (3-run HR at LAD) 26. Ryan Howard (Solo HR at LAD) 27. Jayson Werth (2-run HR vs LAD) 28. Shane Victorino (3-run HR vs LAD) 29. Ryan Howard (2-run HR vs LAD) 30. Jayson Werth (3-run HR vs LAD) 31. Pedro Feliz (Solo HR vs LAD) 32. Shane Victorino (2-run HR vs LAD) 33. Jayson Werth (Solo HR vs LAD) 34. Chase Utley (Solo HR at NYY) 35. Chase Utley (Solo HR at NYY) 36. Jayson Werth (Solo HR vs NYY) 37. Jayson Werth (Solo HR vs NYY) 38. Carlos Ruiz (Solo HR vs NYY) 39. Chase Utley (Solo HR vs NYY) 40. Pedro Feliz (Solo HR vs NYY) 41. Chase Utley (3-run HR vs NYY) 42. Chase Utley (Solo HR vs NYY) 43. Raul Ibanez (Solo HR vs NYY) 44. Ryan Howard (2-run HR at NYY) 45. Chase Utley (Solo HR at CIN) 46. Carlos Ruiz (Solo HR vs SF) 47. Jayson Werth (2-run HR vs SF) 48. Jayson Werth (Solo HR at SF) 49. Ryan Howard (3-run HR vs STL) 50. Raul Ibanez (2-run HR vs STL) 51. Ben Francisco (3-run HR at STL)
Too bad the Phillies couldn't win another World Series in that run but hopefully the Phillies can win another title and repeat as World Champions someday. What else would be cool is if they break the division streak record set by the Braves from 1991-2005 although the 1994 season was excluded because of a strike.
@@mikerusso703You're out if your mind if you think this current team can't win. In 5 season they made 2 WS appearances, a win and a loss, an NLCS loss, and an NLDS loss. Since 2019, they have a WS loss and an NLCS loss, and have only just locked up their core players. This current group of players could be viscious.
We forget how special that '08 team was. I don't care who the AL threw at us that year. They could have put the '27 Yankees out there and it would have been a 5 game series. They mashed the crap out of the ball and got dynamite pitching. Speaking of which, what's left out was Myers' at bat before Victorino's grand slam vs Milwaukee. He had like a 10 pitch at bat and worked a walk which HAD to affect Sabbathia. After that first win it was all academic. Sadly the pitching didn't hold up the next year because that's why we lost to the Yankees. Even Hamels wasn't that great.
