Philadelphia championship drought update: It’s been ZERO years, ZERO days, a little over two hours, since a Philadelphia team has won a championship in one of the four major sports. I don’t know how we Philadelphians can stand this much longer. (At this point in this post I’m clicking on one of the various emoticons [...]
Posts Tagged ‘World Series’
Rain extends Philly’s drought
So now we know. This whole championship drought in Philadelphia was an act of God. And this World Series proves it. He has thrown everything at Major League Baseball to get them to end this Series before Philadelphia wins it. With the Phillies just 12 outs from the title, the Rays tied the game and [...]
Series: good for me, bad for Fox
The Phillies are one win away from the second World Series championship in their history, and the first championship for any Philadelphia team in the four major pro sports in 25 years. The anticipation of what might happen as soon as tomorrow night is already pounding my brain.
This is bad news for Fox, however. The [...]
Series battle extends to gay centers
I got an e-mail from the William Way Community Center, Philadelphia’s LGBT center. Inspired by the Phillies-Rays World Series matchup, the Philly center and its Tampa counterpart, the Tampa Metro Center, are taking part in what they’re calling the World Series of Community Support. From the e-mail:
The rules are simple:
- All gifts made via the [...]
The 2008 World Series (finally)
In 1980, when all of Philadelphia celebrated the Phillies’ first World Series championship, the series ended on October 21st. Back then, there were no Wild Cards, so there was no Division Series, and the League Championship Series was a best-of-5 set. With the additional playoff round and 7-game LCS, it’s now October 22nd and tonight [...]
