Last night the Philadelphia Phillies beat Las Angeles Dodgers 10-4 and now the Phillies are heading back to World Series to take on the New York Yankees or the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. They will wait and see who they will take on, erther way who ever they play it will make for a good series. Game 1 of the World Series will be October 28th, 2009.
Game 5 of the NLCS started off a little rockie for the Phillies in the 1st inning as Cole Hamels gave up a solo home run to Andre Ethier with 2 outs to make it 1-0 Dodgers. In the bottom of the 1st Jayson Werth would change that with a 3 run home run to take the lead 3-1. Starting pitcher for the Dodgers Vicente Padilla would only go 3 innings giving up 4 hits, 6 runs, and stiking out 3. Not the same Padilla we saw in Game 2. Cole Hamels would almost match him going 4 1/3 innings giving up 5 hits, 3 runs, and stiking out 3 as well. But the Phillies wouldn't let this become another close game as Shane Victorino hit a 2 run home run to give the Phillies a 8-3 lead in the 6th inning. Bottom of the 7th inning Jayson Werth stepping up to bat with already 1 home run would hit another one to make it a 9-3 lead for the Phils. So Werth would have himself a 2 home run game. In 9th Brad Lidge would come in to get the final 3 outs and he did so as he got Ronnie Belliard to fly out to center and the Phillies would win the National League Championship Series and head back to World Series for the second straight year in a row by a score of 10-4! Ryan Howard would win the Natinal Leauge postseaon MVP award. He had a batting avg of .355 with 2 home runs, 14 RBI's, 11 hits, and OBP of .462. Those are great MVP numbers right there and we hope to see more of this in the World Series.
So who is greatest Phillies team in history? This Phillies team might be the best team that anyone has seen in a very long time. There was the 1950 Phillies nickname the "Whiz Kids" who won the National League Championship Series and went to World Series but lost four straight to the New York Yankees. The 1976,77, and 78 Phillies team that was really good won the National League East Division title 3 years striaght never made it to the World Series as they lost the 1976 NLCS to the Cincinnati Reds. They would lose the 77 and 78 NLCS to the Las Angeles Dodgers back to back years. It wasn't in till the 1980 Phliadelphia Phillies would yet again win the NL East Divsion and fainaly the NLCS to win their first World Series title against the Kansas City Royals. In 1983 the Phillies won the National League East Division and the National League Championship to make it back to the World Series but lost to the Baltimore Orioles four games to one. It wouldn't be in till amlost a decade that the Philles would win the NL East and National League Championship Series to return to the World Series in 1993, but would come up shot yet again losing to the Toronto Blue Jays who would win BACK TO BACK World Series titles. But in 2007 something special was about to begin in the city of Philadelphia as the Phillies won the National League East Division Campionship on the final game of the season. No they didnt't go far in the playoffs in 2007 but it showed people in Philadelphia that something more was about to happen. As in 2008 the Phillies would win the NL East Division Championship for the second striaght year and also beat the Dodgers to win the National League Championship for the first time since 1993. In 2008 they would win the World Series for the second time in team history since 1980 over the Tampa Bay Rays. This year in 2009 they have won NL East yet again and beat the Dodgers yet again in the National Leauge Championship Series to go back to the World Series. The 2009 Philadelphia Phillies find themselves to be the second team since the 75-76 Cincinnati Reds to win to win BACK TO BACK World Series titles in the Natinoal League. So could this be one of the best Phillies teams in their history? Only time will tell.
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