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The Rays had home field advantage for the series, due to an American League victory in the 2008 All-Star Game. The Phillies defeated Tampa Bay, four games to one. Starting pitcher Cole Hamels (4–0, 1.80 ERA, 30 K in the postseason) was named the series MVP. [65]
The 2008 Philadelphia Phillies, pictured here with former President Barack Obama, defeated the Tampa Bay Rays to win the franchise's second World Series championship; [1] 40 players represented the Phillies during that season. [2] The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Philadelphia Phillies have participated in 140 seasons in Major League Baseball since their inception in 1883. They are the oldest continuous same-name, same-city franchise in all of American professional sports. Through October 1, 2022, they have played 21,203 games, winning 10,019 games and losing 11,184.
Like the 2007 Phillies, the 2008 team took advantage of another New York Mets' September collapse. [1] The Los Angeles Dodgers (84–78, NL West Champions) were at .500 with 108 games played on July 31. On that day, they traded for left fielder Manny Ramirez. The trade deadline move gave Los Angeles arguably the best-right handed hitter in ...
Cole Hamels led the Phillies to a World Series championship in 2008. ... He pitched in a total of five games during the team's World Series run and gave up seven earned runs over 35 innings, good ...
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.
However, the Phillies do own eight National League pennants, won in 1915, 1950, 1980, 1983, 1993, 2008, 2009, and 2022, as well as championships in the 1980 and 2008 World Series. Compared to the team's early days, the Phillies have recently been more successful than not, with two periods of extended success: the first from 1975 to 1983, when ...
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 ...