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The Phillies rallied in the closing days of the season, winning their final game against the Washington Nationals. This win and the New York Mets ' loss to the Florida Marlins gave the Phillies the National League East title, resulting in the Phillies clinching a postseason berth for the first time since 1993 .
The Philadelphia Phillies wore a black patch with "VUK" written in white in memory of longtime team player, coach and scout John Vukovich, who died during spring training. The San Francisco Giants wore two patches for the 2007 season: An alternate version of the 2007 All-Star Game logo; being the host team of the 2007 All-Star Game.
The Phillies also honor two additional players with the letter "P" in the manner of a retired number: Alexander played before numbers were used in the major leagues; and Klein wore a variety of numbers in his Phillies career. [7] Forty Phillies players have been elected to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame.
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 they won five East Division championships as well as the first-half championship in the strike-shortened 1981 season, [5] and the second starting in 2001, with a winning percentage ...
The 2007 NBA Finals, won by the San Antonio Spurs 4–0 over the Cleveland Cavaliers, was the least-watched Finals series in NBA History until the 2020 NBA Finals, with a rating of 6.2. Adidas became the official outfitter of the NBA they remained for the next ten years until Nike became the official outfitter in 2017.
This would be the first of five consecutive postseason appearances for the Phillies, a streak which lasted until 2011. The postseason began on October 3, 2007, and ended on October 28, 2007, with the Red Sox sweeping the Rockies in the 2007 World Series. It was the seventh title won by the Red Sox franchise.
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The 2007 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2006–07 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs defeating the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals .