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The Philadelphia Phillies' 2008 season was the 126th in the history of the franchise. The team finished with a regular season record of 92–70, first in the National League East. In the postseason, the Phillies won the World Series; this was the first major sports championship for Philadelphia since the 76ers swept the 1983 NBA Finals.
The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season.The 104th edition of the World Series, [2] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays; the Phillies won the series, four games to one.
The Philadelphia Phillies have completed 131 seasons in Major League Baseball since their inception in 1883. As of the conclusion of the 2023 season, the Phillies have played in 21,486 regular season games, with a record of 10,112-11,259 (.471). They also have a combined record of 68-65 (.511) in post-season play. [1]
The Detroit Tigers face the Philadelphia Phillies at 1:05 p.m. Wednesday in Clearwater, Fla. ... With five full days off between starts, Flaherty will be looking to forget his last time out and ...
Phillies tie it with back-to-back homers. After getting the first two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Luis Severino gave up a single to Trea Turner followed by a monstrous two-run homer to Bryce ...
Prior to the 1983 NLCS, the Dodgers had defeated the Phillies 3–1 in the NLCS during both the 1977 and 1978 post-seasons. The series opened on Thursday, October 9, 2008, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, with the series being telecast on Fox. The Phillies won the series, four games to one.
The game on Thursday was scheduled to be broadcast on FOX, but there's been a change since the New York Jets vs. New England Patriots game, which starts at 8:15 p.m., is streaming on Prime Video.
Then, the Phillies blew out the Rays in Game 4 by a 10–2 score to take a 3–1 series lead. In Game 5, the Phillies jumped out to a 3–2 lead going into the sixth, but was then hit by a delay thanks to heavy rain and delayed to Wednesday, October 29. Game 5 of the 2008 World Series was the first game in World Series history not to be played ...