The Phillies are world champions

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Hats off to the players, coaches, and everyone associated with the team. And a big tip of the cap to the Phillies scouting and player development guys who assembled this roster, loaded with homegrown talent. Soak it in everyone.

61 thoughts on “The Phillies are world champions”

  1. “We had ’em all the way, Harry” – His Whiteness

    First thing I thought of after a childhood of futility.

    Now, lets go do it again!

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  2. I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t stop smiling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. Utley
    Howard
    Rollins
    Burrell
    Ruiz
    Hamels
    Myers
    Madson
    Happ
    Kendrick

    All contributed to the team this year, and all were homegrown. You can even stretch it further…

    Stairs
    Bruntlett
    Moyer
    Blanton
    Lidge
    Eyre

    All were acquired using the fruits of the minor league system (Castro, Costanzo/Bourn/Geary, Barb/Baldwin, Cardenas/Outman/Spencer, Costanzo/Bourn/Geary (again), Schlitter).

    That,/i>, my friends, is how you build a championship baseball team. It’s why we spend so much time arguing over Greg Golson’s plate discipline and Joe Savery’s stuff: you only get as far as your farm system will carry you. Congratulations to the entire organization, but on this site, let’s especially congratulate Gillick, Wolever, Arbuckle, Amaro, and even — yup — Ed Wade. The homegrown talent took them to the promised land, and it should be one helluva parade tomorrow!

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  4. Mr. Hamels you are not the phuture of the phillies anymore, you are the present… And you did it an astounding way, you anchored this staff throughout the playoffs, and when you pitched, I never felt so confident, you deserve it all. It’s been fun watching you from a “injury ridden” prospect to what you are now, NLCS and WS MVP. Truly incredible….

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  5. Happiest memory I’ve ever had as a Phillies fan, I had the misfourtune of being born in 1981, and at the ripe age of 27 have finally gotten to see my phillies win it all. I don’t have anything else to say, to happy.

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  7. Well put, Philly Friar. This is a very well put together team, and should be good for a few years to come.

    It was a complete and total team effort. This team will be remembered every bit fondly (maybe even more) as the ’80 and ’93 teams.

    Congrats!!! Let’s enjoy this as much as possible!

    – Jeff

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  8. Born in 1980…I used to say ‘just once before I die’…I can’t believe it!

    PhillyFriar said it best though!

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  9. ditto….i can’t stop smiling and i honestly still can’t believe it happened in my life time. i must admit, even with 2 outs in the ninth and lights out lidge on the mound i kept thinking, i know they are going to blow it. then i thought, what is wrong with me? so many years of heart break. i am just so happy.

    gillick deserves a lot of credit. he really changed the make-up of the team. he got rid of talented but no energy guys like Abreu and made room for high energy guys. they really over perform and it is fun to see.

    this will probably be a very busy off season. not sure if pat the bat will be back. but that is a discussion for another day.

    today is pure joy!!!

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  10. I always knew it would be the Phillies that would break this championship drought in Philadelphia, but I thought it wouldn’t happen until Drabek, Carassco and Savery would be here to help Hamels to get us to the promised land. So this just super to get it now knowing that we still have our best farm system in years ready in the wings.

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  11. Unreal. Surreal. Great team. Great system. Probably Burrell’s last at bat in a philly uniform, towering double off the wall in center. Huge hits from everyone on the team, top to bottom. Enjoy it now.

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  12. And congrats to Moyer, Stairs, and Jenkins. Huge contributers to this team winning the WS, not merely along for the ride.

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  16. I am very happy with the championship.

    But as a fan of the game, the day after the last phillies game is always disappointing for me because there are no more games to watch.

    I love the game. The pace, the tiny details, the stats, the feel, the connection to the past, the prospects of the future. Winter has Hockey and football, even basketball to a lesser degree for me, which help pass the time until spring training rolls around again, but nothing compares to 9 innings of baseball.

    I have enjoyed every discussion and argument from this, my favorite phillies website all year long.

    Thank you James for all the work you put into this site.

    This offseason always has lots of baseball news to debate, but nothing compares to sitting in the bleachers or in front of the TV and taking in this beautiful game.

    Time to watch ken Burns’ baseball again.

    When do pitchers and Catchers report? 🙂

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  17. Its a tremendous day and I’m already talking about spring training. Although I’ve gone six yrs in a row, this will be my first trip to see the spring training of the world champions. Wow, its hard to believe…
    I’ll argue that the 1980 team and the 2008 team will rise clearly above the 1993 team which was simply a placeholder until we got our next champion. A site like this is made even more enjoyable when a championship team’s core is all home grown such as this team. Its a great day!!!

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  18. I’m probably one of the few people here that remember the 1980 team. I was a little kid, but I was at Game 6 when they closed it out. I think about the kids today and how the names Howard, Utley, Burrell, Victorino, Ruiz and Werth will be forever idolized like the names Schmidt, Luzinski, Rose, Bowa, Boone, Trillo and McBride are for me. This whole thing is surreal. I read Phil Sheridans column this morning and was brought to tears.

    I can’t believe they won. I can’t believe they are champions.

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  19. 1993 team was the greatess collection of crazy guys. You had to love Them. I don’t think I ever will forget that team. Even though they didn’t go all the way.

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  20. Oh I can totally believe it. I didn’t have even the slightest doubt in my mind since seeing the celebration they had after winning the division. It was so tempered and controlled… it was obvious that they were a team on a mission. Its beautiful.

    Here’s to the Phillies dynasty of the 21st century!

    See you guys at the parade.

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  21. congratulations to all phillies fans, i am the number one fan of the phillies in mexico, yesterday was one of the best days in my life, if not the best. Tomorrow is the PARADE i wish you all phillies fans to enjoy and party all the offseason.

    VIVA LOS PHILLIES.

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  22. Where is the reports from the instructional league. Really want to see what Cosart looks like, and if they had Gose pitching in that league and did they help with Knapp delivery. Is he still projected as a relief pitcher or is he now going to be a starter how did stutes look.

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  24. Shawn Says:
    October 30, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    I’m probably one of the few people here that remember the 1980 team.

    I got news for you you whippersnapper I remember the 1950
    team everyone was listening to the last NL game on the stoops of south philly lol
    Another nice day inthe desert everybody hit

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  25. Hell I think all games should be 3 innings long. That was the best 3.5 innings of baseball I’ve ever watched. And the most stressful.

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  26. Hey parade day at least the sun is out for those who will
    forego their clothes. lol
    The guy I am happiest for is Romero. His was treated like ….
    in Boston. Probably the last releiver released after getting out of a first and third jam with no outs in his last game.
    How dumb are GMs he pass thru the AL and most of the NL
    to get to the Phils No one even took the waiver deal to trade him late. Save about the third game of the year his ERA was about the same as here near nada. Good job Mr. Romero

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  27. I can’t believe that a season that started with my son being born on opening day ended with the Phillies winning it all. Unreal.

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  28. Romero was a good luck charm…he was unfairly booted off the boston team before they won their WS.

    Now, he has won one of his own.

    That 3 year, 12 million dollar deal he signed is already worth it.

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  29. Every deal for any guy on this team is no ‘worth it’. This is the ultimate goal.

    Let’s hope we have another parade next year with Marson, Carrasco, Happ and Donald on the floats!

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  30. I am watching on the net right now and GOlson and Marson are there. Must be weird for them since they weren’t a huge part of the yr but they are part of the organization. Still cool to be included.

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  31. just a thought about the parade.

    The U.S. Population when founded in 1776 is estimated to be 2.5 million.

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  32. Should the title of this entry be changed to include the emphasis that Chase graced us with this afternoon?

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  33. he is the one who could gat away with it. Thanks Mr Wade i knew you could bring us a championship too bad u had to leave to do it you putz

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  35. Dallas Green is only here because the Phillies ownership is loyal to a fault. He’s worthless at this point.

    A lot of the phillies minor leaguers got some respect in the parade.. even Andy Tracy!

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  36. Hopefully this World Championship gives our club a bit more respect. Not only in the states but abroad. I like that our name is being linked to Tazawa. Japan’s top amateur pitcher coming over wouldn’t be a bad thing.

    Apparently Phillies officials have had contact with the guy.

    Link

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  37. Matt he has meant more to this oranization than you could ever know. Dallas green showed them in 1980 how to win and was instumental in building the minor leagues system . He knew that you need a strong farm. You must be young because us older guys know that.

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  38. Rocky – I am relatively young (28), and I realize what he has meant to this club in the past. He’s also been somewhat of a pain in the ass during the last 10 years. He’s butted heads with some guys here and should just fade away.

    Again, I don’t want to diminsh what he’s done in the past, but he’s done a good job of doing that himself.

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  41. Like many of you, I’m 29 and have no idea how this felt before Wednesday. My first sporting memories were of the 1986 World Series. I had seen plenty of bad and some good. I think the turning point was the new stadium. I couldn’t believe the first time I walked into that park. While Philly may be a top population city, we certainly don’t have the money that the other major cities do (NY, BOS, CHI, LA, SEA, etc). It’s a blue collar town and the new park brought some of the income back into the team. We’ve seen them starting to spend a little more on prospects as a result.

    It was amazing to be a part of the parade – more people than in many states and small countries turned out! You could tell the Phillies were amazed at the support, and that can only be a good thing. There’s no doubt that it can only be a positive thing for Marson and Golson to experience that. I’m sure every Phillie wants to experience that again, and again and again (as Cole said). It’s also a good advertisement for prospects and free agents.

    PP, thanks for this website that has us all looking forward to the kids who may have a large (or small) part in bringing us another WS in the years to come!

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  43. 144 = 90 MPH

    He’s a risk I don’t see them taking, he could be the next Dice K or he could be the next Kei Igawa. . .

    Also I’m sure everyone has heard Arbuckle is gone now, should be interesting who else stays and who leaves from the scouting department. I’m not concerned unless everyone from the farm/scouting part of the club bails.

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  47. I’m OK with Arbuckle leaving. I’ve always thought that, while the Phillies have hit some home runs with the top guys, the system has been weak otherwise. You see the strength of minor league systems in the bench and relief players that come in to fill the gaps and the move into the starting roles. Madson was the only organizational reliever and there was nobody on the bench. Thank goodness Gillick found some good bench guys and relievers and stole Brad Lidge from Houston.

    I also wouldn’t mind seeing Dubee go. I can’t think of one young pitcher that’s gotten better while up on the big club. Let’s hope Happ doesn’t get anywhere near him the summer.

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  48. Is there some link to Arbuckle’s leaving? I’ve read that speculation based on Amaro getting the GM job (supposedly) but I’ve seen nothing indicating that Arbuckle is actually gone.

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  49. I think the Arbuckle leaving thing is based upon the front of website article on Philly.com which is a transfer from the
    David Murphy “High Cheese” blog.

    As an aside, MLB trade rumors has the Phillies interested
    in 22 yr. old Japanese pitcher Junichi Tanzawa.
    the link they give is in all Japanese characters,
    so I don’t know what that said.

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  51. ZOG I agree Dubee should go. I watched him in Florida with those great pitchers and he couldnt do anything. He seems to
    be too controlling. I maybe oldschool but I think the catcher
    should be looking at the fame not in the dugout and the coach
    should be watching the pitcher. When u overcontrol u miss things. He certainly did in Happ’s first start. He seemed to forget Happ was rehabbing and could help Happ deal with
    Reyes and his bs
    congrats to Berry and Donald again

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  53. The catcher is looking into the dugout because the bench calls pitchouts/throw-overs, etc. That is just part of the game and all teams do the same thing.

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  55. lol No Wheels every team does that, the throw overs/pitch outs are always called by the bench.

    You don’t think Larussa/Duncan call those?

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  56. Frankly no Molina never looks over There are pregame meetings and between innings for discussion , Throw overs /
    ptichouts are such a small part of the game and not worth the distraction. Havent you heard a million times the pitch should work quickly. The game is played in front of the catcher not behind

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  57. Just looked up the Phils caught stealing % .239% wow FLASH it isnt working. Lets say 140 distractions
    a game times 162 games=22,680 distraction to catch 33 runners=almost 700 distractions per runner
    which part of this seems right to you.

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  58. Don’t know what to tell you No Wheels. If you don’t think that La Russa calls pitch-outs from the dugout, then don’t read the book “Three nights in August” that talks about all of the decision making La Russa does on a daily basis, including his calling of pitch-outs!

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  59. If you say so but i watched Molina for a few games. There are certainly other ways to signal a catcher but noone ever said
    baseball guys were overly smart . They tend to do what the others do. What a batter is doing with his feet and hands are important and should be watch as well as the position and attitude of your own players. None of those things is in the dugout. The catcher should be coach on the field but you
    denut him this senseless exercise.

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  61. Wenesday’s article by David Murphy has to be the most ignorant thing I have ever seen.
    He wrote trying to justify a rh left fielder
    “The Phillies hit 115 home runs form the left side of the plate
    and of the 99 home runs they hit from the right side,33 cam from Burrell.”
    1. Burrell hit only 7 hr against left handers leaving 64 hr in
    1513 ab or .044
    2. burrell hit 26 againt right handers leaving 116 in 3460 ab or 0.033 per ab
    In other words the rest of the team hit more hr per ab against lefties
    nothing life reading stats wrong.
    even at a glance any teams faces more right than left
    what side they bat from matters only in results

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