High Hopes: A Phillies Blog

After last night’s debacle at the Bank, the Phils have a situation on their hands they haven’t been faced with since the 2007 NLDS. They trail in a postseason series.
With the Phillies down 2-1 in the series, and Games 6 and 7 scheduled in New York, tonight’s game becomes a must win. 
After the Eagles crushed [...]

When the Phillies win, the city celebrates. Last night was no exception. Here are some clips from the celebrations after the game from across the city:
From Broad Street:

From across the city (stay with it until the end):

From Mayfair:

From Broad and Oregon:
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The Phillies have done it! For the second consecutive season, the Phillies have won the 2009 NL Pennant. This was the scene moments after the final out, as seen from the DirecTV blimp, on TBS’s coverage:
 

And the final call from the Phillies’ radio network. Scott Franzke with Larry Andersen (Don’t know what’s up with the [...]

Tonight, the Phils and Dodgers kick things off from Chavez Ravine. Lineups are in for tonight’s NLCS Game one:
PHILLIES:

Rollins, SS
Victorino, CF
Utley, 2B
Howard, 1B
Werth, RF
Ibanez, LF
Feliz, 3B
Ruiz, C
Hamels, P

DODGERS:

Furcal, SS
Ethier, RF
Ramirez, LF
Kemp, CF
Blake, 3B
Loney, 1B
Belliard, 2B
Martin, C
Kershaw, P

Tonight, Phillie Phanatics will host a Wholesale Keychains presents Phillie Phanatics Playoff Edition Game Chat (that’s a mouthful). Stop by, chat with Shay Roddy and Phils fans from across to country. Just click the image below to jump into the chat. In the fourth inning we will give away a Wholesale Keychains Phillies keychain to [...]

Here is the Phillies 2009 NLDS roster, as announced to the assembled media by manager Charlie Manuel:
Pitchers (12): LH Cliff Lee (Game 1 starter), LH Cole Hamels (Game 2 starter), RH Joe Blanton, LH J.A. Happ, RH Pedro Martinez, RH Ryan Madson, RH Brad Lidge, LH Scott Eyre, RH Chad Durbin, RH Brett Myers, RH [...]

Fall is in the air, the days are getting shorter, and the Halloween decor is coming out. But the city’s focus is on other things right now- the baseball team. There’s a buzz on the streets of Philadelphia, as the Phillies are set to begin their third straight October tomorrow against the Rockies at Citizens [...]

Obviously there’s been an embarrassing lack of content here on Phillie Phanatics in the last three months. At this point it’s not fair to you to post only every now and then. I’m at a personal crossroads with the blog. Either stop it or keep up with it.
Due to having a real job, I have [...]

[Ed. Note: Yeah, ussually we try to keep this site about baseball, but Jim Johnson was a very special man in Philly so I thought I'd share this story I wrote with you]
Andy Reid used the words sincere, direct and honest to describe defensive coordinator Jim Johnson, who passed away to melanoma around 5:45 this [...]