2008 was a magical year for the Phillies. Much maligned throughout the season, the team went 17-8 in September to secure their second consecutive National League eastern division championship in as many years and home-field in the wild card playoffs. After handling the Brewers in four games, combined with the Dodgers sweep of the Cubs in the opposing series, the Phillies won the first two games of the NLCS at home en route to a five game series win over the Dodgers to send them to their first World Series since 1993. In the series, the well-rested Phillies split the first two games against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg before coming home to win the next three games and become, well, we’ll just let “The Man” tell us…
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