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href="/wiki/2008_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2008 Tampa Bay Rays season">Tampa Bay Rays</a> (1)</th><td> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Maddon" title="Joe Maddon">Joe Maddon</a></td><td> 97–65, .599, GA: 2</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">October 22–29</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venue(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a> (Tampa Bay)<br /><a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a> (Philadelphia)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/World_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="World Series Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cole_Hamels" title="Cole Hamels">Cole Hamels</a> (Philadelphia)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Umpires</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Welke" title="Tim Welke">Tim Welke</a> (crew chief), <a href="/wiki/Kerwin_Danley" title="Kerwin Danley">Kerwin Danley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fieldin_Culbreth" title="Fieldin Culbreth">Fieldin Culbreth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hallion" title="Tom Hallion">Tom Hallion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Kellogg" title="Jeff Kellogg">Jeff Kellogg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tschida" title="Tim Tschida">Tim Tschida</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Hall of Famers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Phillies:</b> <a href="/wiki/Pat_Gillick" title="Pat Gillick">Pat Gillick</a> (GM)<br /><b>Rays:</b> None</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_broadcasters" title="List of World Series broadcasters">Broadcast</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Television</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/MLB_on_Fox" title="MLB on Fox">Fox</a> (United States – English)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fox_Deportes" title="Fox Deportes">Fox Deportes</a> (United States – Spanish)<br /><a href="/wiki/MLB_International" title="MLB International">MLB International</a> (International)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">TV announcers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Buck" title="Joe Buck">Joe Buck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_McCarver" title="Tim McCarver">Tim McCarver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Myers" title="Chris Myers">Chris Myers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Rosenthal" title="Ken Rosenthal">Ken Rosenthal</a> (Fox)<br /><a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Torres_(baseball)" title="Ángel Torres (baseball)">Ángel Torres</a>, Miguel Morales and Cos Villa (Fox Deportes)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dave_O%27Brien_(sportscaster)" title="Dave O'Brien (sportscaster)">Dave O'Brien</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Sutcliffe" title="Rick Sutcliffe">Rick Sutcliffe</a> (MLB International)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Radio</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_ESPN_Radio" title="Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio">ESPN</a><br /><a href="/wiki/WPHT" title="WPHT">WPHT</a> (PHI – English)<br /><a href="/wiki/WDAS_(AM)" title="WDAS (AM)">WDAS</a> (PHI – Spanish)<br /><a href="/wiki/WHNZ" title="WHNZ">WHNZ</a> (TB – English)<br /><a href="/wiki/WGES_(AM)" title="WGES (AM)">WGES</a> (TB – Spanish)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Radio announcers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Miller" title="Jon Miller">Jon Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> (ESPN)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Franzke" title="Scott Franzke">Scott Franzke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Andersen" title="Larry Andersen">Larry Andersen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Wheeler" title="Chris Wheeler">Chris Wheeler</a> (WPHT)<br />Danny Martinez, Bill Kulik and Juan Ramos (WDAS)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wills_(sportscaster)" title="Dave Wills (sportscaster)">Dave Wills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Freed" title="Andy Freed">Andy Freed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dewayne_Staats" title="Dewayne Staats">Dewayne Staats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Magrane" title="Joe Magrane">Joe Magrane</a> (WHNZ)<br />Ricardo Taveras and Enrique Oliu (WGES)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Streaming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 American League Championship Series">ALCS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2008_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2008 Tampa Bay Rays season">Tampa Bay Rays</a> over <a href="/wiki/2008_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2008 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a> (4–3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 National League Championship Series">NLCS</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2008_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2008 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a> over <a href="/wiki/2008_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> (4–1)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">World Series program</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2008_World_Series_program.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/2008_World_Series_program.jpg/219px-2008_World_Series_program.jpg" decoding="async" width="219" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/2008_World_Series_program.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="333" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">2007</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2009_World_Series" title="2009 World Series">2009</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2008 World Series</b> was the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">championship series</a> of <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>'s (MLB) <a href="/wiki/2008_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2008 Major League Baseball season">2008 season</a>. The 104th edition of the World Series,<sup id="cite_ref-baseball-reference1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball-reference1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was a <a href="/wiki/Best-of-seven_playoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Best-of-seven playoff">best-of-seven playoff</a> between the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> (NL) champion <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> (AL) champion <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a>; the Phillies won the series, four games to one. The 2008 World Series is notable because it is the only World Series to involve a mid-game postponement and resumption (two days later). </p><p>The Series began on Wednesday, October 22, and concluded (after weather delays had postponed the end of Game 5) the following Wednesday, October 29. The AL's 4–3 win in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2008 All-Star Game</a> gave the Rays <a href="/wiki/Home_advantage" title="Home advantage">home field advantage</a> for the series, meaning no more than three games would be played at <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a> (the Phillies' home ballpark).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Phillies won their second championship in their 126-year history to bring the city of Philadelphia its first championship in 25 years (since the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983 NBA Finals</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Octoberphest_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Octoberphest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sheridan_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheridan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first postseason series lost by an MLB team based in the state of Florida; previously, the Rays and <a href="/wiki/Florida_Marlins" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Marlins">Florida Marlins</a> were 8–0 in postseason series.<sup id="cite_ref-postseasonbref_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-postseasonbref-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WorldAlmanac_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldAlmanac-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, both the Phillies' World Series wins have come against a team making their World Series debut (in <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a>, they beat the <a href="/wiki/1980_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1980 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City Royals</a>). </p><p>The Phillies advanced to the World Series after defeating the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in the NL's <a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Division_Series" title="2008 National League Division Series">Divisional Series</a> and <a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 National League Championship Series">Championship Series</a>, respectively. The team won its position in the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="Major League Baseball postseason">playoffs</a> after its second consecutive <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">NL East</a> division title. This was the Phillies' first World Series appearance in <a href="/wiki/1993_World_Series" title="1993 World Series">fifteen years</a>. The Tampa Bay Rays advanced to the World Series after defeating the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">2007 World Series</a> champion, in the AL's <a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Division_Series" title="2008 American League Division Series">Division Series</a> and <a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 American League Championship Series">2008 American League Championship Series</a>. </p><p>Games 1 and 2 at <a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a> were the first World Series games played on <a href="/wiki/Artificial_turf" title="Artificial turf">artificial turf</a> since the <a href="/wiki/1993_World_Series" title="1993 World Series">1993 World Series</a> matched two teams, the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phillies" class="mw-redirect" title="Phillies">Phillies</a>, which each played their home games on artificial turf at the time. However, 2008 is the first World Series ever played on second generation artificial turf. Ironically, the Phillies were in both Series, but they no longer use artificial turf since the end of 2003. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2008_Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="2008 Major League Baseball postseason">2008 Major League Baseball postseason</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philadelphia_Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Philadelphia Phillies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cole_Hamels_pitching_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Cole_Hamels_pitching_2010.jpg/170px-Cole_Hamels_pitching_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Cole_Hamels_pitching_2010.jpg/255px-Cole_Hamels_pitching_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Cole_Hamels_pitching_2010.jpg/340px-Cole_Hamels_pitching_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1463" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Philadelphia left-hander Cole Hamels, pictured here during the 2010 regular season, won Game 1 and pitched six effective innings in Game 5, and was named the World Series MVP.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2008 Philadelphia Phillies season">2008 Philadelphia Phillies season</a></div> <p>Philadelphia opened the season by posting a winning record in the opening month of April. The team scored 60 runs over a five-game span in late May and went 14–4 into the beginning of June. The team lost 9 of 11 games to end June, but came out of the <a href="/wiki/2008_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">All-Star break</a> with a 9–6 record following the midseason hiatus.<sup id="cite_ref-PHIgl_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PHIgl-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Phillies posted the best road record in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a>, at 44–37.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia traded <a href="/wiki/List_of_baseball_jargon_(S)#sweep" class="mw-redirect" title="List of baseball jargon (S)">sweeps</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in August and went 13–3 in their last 16 games,<sup id="cite_ref-PHIgl_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PHIgl-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to win the <a href="/wiki/National_League_East" title="National League East">National League East</a> title for the second consecutive season.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second-seeded Phillies defeated the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers" title="Milwaukee Brewers">Milwaukee Brewers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Division_Series" title="2008 National League Division Series">Division Series</a>, 3–1,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Dodgers in the <a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 National League Championship Series">Championship Series</a>, 4–1, to book their place in the 2008 Fall Classic.<sup id="cite_ref-Corner_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corner-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mandel_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mandel-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the Phillies' first World Series appearance in fifteen years.<sup id="cite_ref-Corner_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corner-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mandel_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mandel-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tampa_Bay_Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tampa Bay Rays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2008 Tampa Bay Rays season">2008 Tampa Bay Rays season</a></div> <p>The Tampa Bay Rays also began the season (their first after dropping the "Devil" from their name) with a winning record in the opening month of April.<sup id="cite_ref-TBgl_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TBgl-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Rays became the first team since 1903 to have the league's best record on <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a> (the last Monday in May) after finishing in last place the previous season.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team went 16–10 in June, but lost seven consecutive games leading up to the All-Star break. In August, the Rays lost seven games to finish out the month with an overall record of 84–51.<sup id="cite_ref-TBgl_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TBgl-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team concluded the season, albeit with a 13–14 record in September, by winning the <a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">American League East</a> title for the first time in franchise history.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the Devil Rays, they had never finished with a winning record, nor finished higher than fourth in their division. The second-seeded Rays beat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> 3–1 in the <a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Division_Series" title="2008 American League Division Series">American League Division Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>, Tampa Bay defeated the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> in 4–3, to advance to their first World Series in franchise history.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Rays became the third MLB team in the post-1969 "Divisional Era" to make the World Series in their first trip to the playoffs, joining the <a href="/wiki/1969_New_York_Mets_season" title="1969 New York Mets season">1969 New York Mets</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1997_Florida_Marlins_season" title="1997 Florida Marlins season">1997 Florida Marlins</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Philadelphia won the series, 4–1.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Time</th> <th>Attendance  </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td>October 22</td> <td><b>Philadelphia Phillies</b> – 3, Tampa Bay Rays – 2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a></td> <td>3:23</td> <td>40,783<sup id="cite_ref-Game1_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game1-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td>October 23</td> <td>Philadelphia Phillies – 2, <b>Tampa Bay Rays</b> – 4</td> <td>Tropicana Field</td> <td>3:05</td> <td>40,843<sup id="cite_ref-Game2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td>October 25</td> <td>Tampa Bay Rays – 4, <b>Philadelphia Phillies</b> – 5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a></td> <td>3:41</td> <td>45,900<sup id="cite_ref-Game3_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game3-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td>October 26</td> <td>Tampa Bay Rays – 2, <b>Philadelphia Phillies</b> – 10</td> <td>Citizens Bank Park</td> <td>3:08</td> <td>45,903<sup id="cite_ref-Game4_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game4-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td>October 27†/29</td> <td>Tampa Bay Rays – 3, <b>Philadelphia Phillies</b> – 4</td> <td>Citizens Bank Park</td> <td>3:28</td> <td>45,940<sup id="cite_ref-Game5_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Game5-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>† - Game suspended in the sixth inning due to rain. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Game_summaries">Game summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Game summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:October_22,_2008_World_Series_Game_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/October_22%2C_2008_World_Series_Game_1.jpg/220px-October_22%2C_2008_World_Series_Game_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/October_22%2C_2008_World_Series_Game_1.jpg/330px-October_22%2C_2008_World_Series_Game_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/October_22%2C_2008_World_Series_Game_1.jpg/440px-October_22%2C_2008_World_Series_Game_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The teams on the field before Game 1</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 22, 2008 8:37<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>) at <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida">St. Petersburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a> 73 °F (23 °C), dome</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Philadelphia</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">3</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">8</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Tampa Bay</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">2</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">5</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Cole_Hamels" title="Cole Hamels">Cole Hamels</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kazmir" title="Scott Kazmir">Scott Kazmir</a> (0–1)   <b><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Sv</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Brad_Lidge" title="Brad Lidge">Brad Lidge</a> (1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />PHI: <a href="/wiki/Chase_Utley" title="Chase Utley">Chase Utley</a> (1)<br />TB: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Crawford" title="Carl Crawford">Carl Crawford</a> (1)<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2008/B10220TBA2008.htm">Boxscore</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The national anthem was performed by <a href="/wiki/Backstreet_Boys" title="Backstreet Boys">Backstreet Boys</a>. The Phillies scored the first runs of the Series when <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Werth" title="Jayson Werth">Jayson Werth</a> walked and <a href="/wiki/Chase_Utley" title="Chase Utley">Chase Utley</a> followed with a two-run home run in the top of the first inning. The Phillies loaded the bases off Tampa Bay starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kazmir" title="Scott Kazmir">Scott Kazmir</a> with one out in the second, but Kazmir induced a fly ball from <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a>, which was too shallow to score <a href="/wiki/Shane_Victorino" title="Shane Victorino">Shane Victorino</a>, who was thrown out at home plate by <a href="/wiki/B._J._Upton" title="B. J. Upton">B. J. Upton</a> for a double play. The Rays loaded the bases off Phillies starter <a href="/wiki/Cole_Hamels" title="Cole Hamels">Cole Hamels</a> with one out in the bottom of the third, but he also escaped this jam by getting Upton to ground into an inning-ending double play, and the score remained 2–0 in favor of Philadelphia. The Phillies extended their lead to 3–0 on <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Ruiz_(baseball)" title="Carlos Ruiz (baseball)">Carlos Ruiz</a>'s RBI groundout in the fourth inning. In the bottom of the inning, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Crawford" title="Carl Crawford">Carl Crawford</a>'s solo home run pulled the Rays to within two runs. Tampa Bay added their second run the following inning on <a href="/wiki/Akinori_Iwamura" title="Akinori Iwamura">Akinori Iwamura</a>'s RBI double. Kazmir was removed after six innings; four Rays relievers combined to shut out the Phillies for the last three innings. <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Madson" title="Ryan Madson">Ryan Madson</a> relieved Hamels in the eighth, pitching a single perfect inning. In the top of the ninth, Philadelphia left two men on base, but <a href="/wiki/Brad_Lidge" title="Brad Lidge">Brad Lidge</a> remained perfect in saves as he delivered a one-two-three inning to seal the 3–2 win.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 23, 2008 8:37<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (EDT) at <span class="nowrap">Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida 73 °F (23 °C), dome</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Philadelphia</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">2</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">9</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Tampa Bay</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>x</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">4</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">7</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">James Shields</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Brett_Myers" title="Brett Myers">Brett Myers</a> (0–1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />PHI: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bruntlett" title="Eric Bruntlett">Eric Bruntlett</a> (1)<br />TB: None<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2008/B10230TBA2008.htm">Boxscore</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The national anthem was performed by <a href="/wiki/Los_Lonely_Boys" title="Los Lonely Boys">Los Lonely Boys</a>. Tampa Bay took a quick 2–0 lead in the first inning when <a href="/wiki/Akinori_Iwamura" title="Akinori Iwamura">Akinori Iwamura</a> and <a href="/wiki/B._J._Upton" title="B. J. Upton">B. J. Upton</a> reached base with nobody out and scored on back-to-back groundouts by <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Carlos Peña">Carlos Peña</a> and <a href="/wiki/Evan_Longoria" title="Evan Longoria">Evan Longoria</a>. The next inning, Upton's RBI single scored <a href="/wiki/Dioner_Navarro" title="Dioner Navarro">Dioner Navarro</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Baldelli" title="Rocco Baldelli">Rocco Baldelli</a> attempted to score from second base, but was thrown out at home by <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Werth" title="Jayson Werth">Jayson Werth</a>, keeping the Rays' lead at 3–0. <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Floyd" title="Cliff Floyd">Cliff Floyd</a> extended the lead to 4–0 after leading off the bottom of the fourth with a single, advancing to third base with assistance from Navarro and Baldelli, and scoring on a sacrifice bunt by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Bartlett_(baseball)" title="Jason Bartlett (baseball)">Jason Bartlett</a>. Tampa Bay starter <a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">James Shields</a> shut out the Phillies through <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings to earn the win, before being relieved by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Wheeler" title="Dan Wheeler">Dan Wheeler</a> who pitched an additional scoreless inning. Philadelphia starter <a href="/wiki/Brett_Myers" title="Brett Myers">Brett Myers</a> lasted seven innings, giving up four runs for the loss. The Phillies did not get on the board until the eighth when <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bruntlett" title="Eric Bruntlett">Eric Bruntlett</a> hit a solo home run (his first since May 6) off <a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">David Price</a>. The Phillies added another run off Price in the ninth when <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Ruiz_(baseball)" title="Carlos Ruiz (baseball)">Carlos Ruiz</a> hit a leadoff double, then scored with one out on an error by Longoria. Despite this, Price retired the next two batters to end the game, and the Rays' 4–2 win tied the Series at one game apiece.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the rest of the Series, the Rays would not take the lead over the Phillies again. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Howard3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Ryan_Howard3.jpg/220px-Ryan_Howard3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Ryan_Howard3.jpg/330px-Ryan_Howard3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Ryan_Howard3.jpg/440px-Ryan_Howard3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1259" data-file-height="1516" /></a><figcaption>Philadelphia first baseman Ryan Howard, pictured during 2007 spring training, hit his first home run of the postseason in Game 3.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 25, 2008 10:08<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (EDT) at <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> 54 °F (12 °C), overcast</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Tampa Bay</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">4</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">6</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Philadelphia</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">5</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">7</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/J._C._Romero" title="J. C. Romero">J. C. Romero</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/J._P._Howell" title="J. P. Howell">J. P. Howell</a> (0–1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />TB: None<br />PHI: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Ruiz_(baseball)" title="Carlos Ruiz (baseball)">Carlos Ruiz</a> (1), Chase Utley (2), <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a> (1)<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2008/B10250PHI2008.htm">Boxscore</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> threw out the Ceremonial First pitch while <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift">Taylor Swift</a> sang the national anthem.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third game of the Series was delayed for an hour and 31 minutes because of rain.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Country music star <a href="/wiki/Tim_McGraw" title="Tim McGraw">Tim McGraw</a>, son of Phillies reliever <a href="/wiki/Tug_McGraw" title="Tug McGraw">Tug McGraw</a>, spread his father's ashes on the pitching mound of Citizens Bank Park, prior to the game's start. The Phillies scored in the bottom of the first inning after <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a> led off with a single and eventually scored on a <a href="/wiki/Chase_Utley" title="Chase Utley">Chase Utley</a> groundout. In the top of the second, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Crawford" title="Carl Crawford">Carl Crawford</a> doubled, stole third base and scored on a sacrifice fly by <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Gross" title="Gabe Gross">Gabe Gross</a> to tie the game at 1–1. <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Ruiz_(baseball)" title="Carlos Ruiz (baseball)">Carlos Ruiz</a> gave the Phillies their second lead of the night when he hit a home run in the bottom half. Starting pitchers <a href="/wiki/Matt_Garza" title="Matt Garza">Matt Garza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Moyer" title="Jamie Moyer">Jamie Moyer</a> pitched six and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">6<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, respectively. The score remained 2–1 in favor of Philadelphia until the sixth when Utley and <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a> hit the 14th back-to-back home runs in World Series history, increasing their lead to 4–1.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Rays rallied to cut their deficit back to one run in the seventh. Moyer surrendered back-to-back hits to Crawford and <a href="/wiki/Dioner_Navarro" title="Dioner Navarro">Dioner Navarro</a> to start the inning, and Crawford scored on a groundout by Gross, prompting <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Manuel" title="Charlie Manuel">Charlie Manuel</a> to go to his bullpen. <a href="/wiki/Chad_Durbin" title="Chad Durbin">Chad Durbin</a> relieved Moyer and induced a groundout from <a href="/wiki/Jason_Bartlett_(baseball)" title="Jason Bartlett (baseball)">Jason Bartlett</a>, scoring Navarro and trimming the Phillies' lead to 4–3. In the top of the eighth, <a href="/wiki/B.J._Upton" class="mw-redirect" title="B.J. Upton">B.J. Upton</a> led off with an infield single, stole second and third, and scored on a throwing error by Ruiz, tying the game at 4–4. <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bruntlett" title="Eric Bruntlett">Eric Bruntlett</a> was hit by a pitch by <a href="/wiki/J.P._Howell" class="mw-redirect" title="J.P. Howell">J.P. Howell</a> leading off the bottom of the ninth, moved to second on a wild pitch by <a href="/wiki/Grant_Balfour" title="Grant Balfour">Grant Balfour</a> and to third on a throwing error by Navarro, putting the potential winning run on third with nobody out. Balfour intentionally walked the next two batters, <a href="/wiki/Shane_Victorino" title="Shane Victorino">Shane Victorino</a> and pinch-hitter <a href="/wiki/Greg_Dobbs" title="Greg Dobbs">Greg Dobbs</a>, to load the bases, creating a force play at the plate. Tampa Bay then brought the infield in (including right fielder <a href="/wiki/Ben_Zobrist" title="Ben Zobrist">Ben Zobrist</a> who was brought in to be a fifth infielder), hoping to convert any ground ball into a forceout at home and prevent the winning run from scoring.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Ruiz's 45-foot infield single brought in Bruntlett for the win. The hit was fielded by third baseman <a href="/wiki/Evan_Longoria" title="Evan Longoria">Evan Longoria</a>, who threw desperately to the plate in an attempt to keep the game going. However, any hope of an out vanished as Longoria's throw missed Navarro and Bruntlett scored (it would not be counted as an error). Ruiz's hit was the first <a href="/wiki/Walkoff_home_run" class="mw-redirect" title="Walkoff home run">walk-off</a> infield single in World Series history, giving the Phillies a 5–4 victory and a 2–1 lead in the series.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Phillies reliever <a href="/wiki/J._C._Romero" title="J. C. Romero">J. C. Romero</a> earned the win and Howell took the loss. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 26, 2008 8:29<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (EDT) at <span class="nowrap">Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 55 °F (13 °C), clear</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Tampa Bay</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">2</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">5</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Philadelphia</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>x</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">10</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">12</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Blanton" title="Joe Blanton">Joe Blanton</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Andy_Sonnanstine" title="Andy Sonnanstine">Andy Sonnanstine</a> (0–1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />TB: Carl Crawford (2), <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hinske" title="Eric Hinske">Eric Hinske</a> (1)<br />PHI: Ryan Howard 2 (3), Joe Blanton (1), <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Werth" title="Jayson Werth">Jayson Werth</a> (1)<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2008/B10260PHI2008.htm">Boxscore</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a> threw out the Ceremonial First pitch while <a href="/wiki/Patti_LaBelle" title="Patti LaBelle">Patti LaBelle</a> sang the national anthem. Philadelphia took a quick 1–0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, as <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a> led off with a double and scored when <a href="/wiki/Pat_Burrell" title="Pat Burrell">Pat Burrell</a> later walked with the bases loaded. The Phillies doubled their lead in the third when <a href="/wiki/Chase_Utley" title="Chase Utley">Chase Utley</a> reached base on an error by <a href="/wiki/Akinori_Iwamura" title="Akinori Iwamura">Akinori Iwamura</a> and scored on <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Feliz" title="Pedro Feliz">Pedro Feliz</a>'s RBI single. The Rays cut their deficit in half when <a href="/wiki/Carl_Crawford" title="Carl Crawford">Carl Crawford</a> hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning, but <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a>'s three-run home run in the bottom half brought the score to 5–1. In the next inning, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hinske" title="Eric Hinske">Eric Hinske</a> hit a <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch-hit</a> home run to bring the Rays within three runs, but Phillies starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Blanton" title="Joe Blanton">Joe Blanton</a> responded with a home run of his own to put his team back up by four. It was the first time a pitcher hit a home run in the World Series since <a href="/wiki/Ken_Holtzman" title="Ken Holtzman">Ken Holtzman</a> in Game 4 of the <a href="/wiki/1974_World_Series" title="1974 World Series">1974 World Series</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to hitting his first career home run, Blanton pitched six innings, striking out seven batters while giving up two runs on four hits to acquire his first win of the Series. In the eighth, <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Werth" title="Jayson Werth">Jayson Werth</a> and Howard each hit a two-run home run to cap off the scoring at 10–2. Philadelphia's four <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitchers</a> combined for three shutout innings.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the late completion of the previous game, Games 3 and 4 each ended on the same calendar day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Evan_Longoria_Cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Evan_Longoria_Cropped.jpg/220px-Evan_Longoria_Cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Evan_Longoria_Cropped.jpg/330px-Evan_Longoria_Cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Evan_Longoria_Cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="556" /></a><figcaption>Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria, pictured during the 2008 regular season, got his first hit in Game 5.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">October 27, 2008 <small>(started)</small> and October 29, 2008 <small>(completed)</small> 8:29<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm (EDT) at <span class="nowrap">Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 45 °F (7 °C), light rain/43 °F (6 °C), partly cloudy</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Tampa Bay</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">3</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">10</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Philadelphia</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>x</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">4</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">8</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/J._C._Romero" title="J. C. Romero">J. C. Romero</a> (2–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/J._P._Howell" title="J. P. Howell">J. P. Howell</a> (0–2)   <b><a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">Sv</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Brad_Lidge" title="Brad Lidge">Brad Lidge</a> (2)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />TB: <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Baldelli" title="Rocco Baldelli">Rocco Baldelli</a> (1)<br />PHI: None<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2008/B10270PHI2008.htm">Boxscore</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The national anthem was sung by <a href="/wiki/John_Oates" title="John Oates">John Oates</a>. Philadelphia scored in the first inning for the third consecutive game, taking a 2–0 lead when they loaded the bases with two outs off Rays starter <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kazmir" title="Scott Kazmir">Scott Kazmir</a>, who then gave up a two-run single to <a href="/wiki/Shane_Victorino" title="Shane Victorino">Shane Victorino</a>. Tampa Bay cut the lead in half in the fourth; <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Carlos Peña">Carlos Peña</a> doubled with one out and scored on <a href="/wiki/Evan_Longoria" title="Evan Longoria">Evan Longoria</a>'s RBI single, both players' first hits of the Series. The Rays then tied the game in the sixth when <a href="/wiki/B._J._Upton" title="B. J. Upton">B. J. Upton</a> singled, stole second, and scored on Peña's RBI single.<sup id="cite_ref-5box_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5box-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The game was <a href="/wiki/Suspended_game" title="Suspended game">suspended</a> after the top of the sixth because of rain, making it the first game in World Series history not to be played through to completion or declared a tie. Phillies starter <a href="/wiki/Cole_Hamels" title="Cole Hamels">Cole Hamels</a>, making his fifth start, had pitched six innings when the umpires suspended play. The Phillies <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch-hit</a> for Hamels in the bottom of the sixth inning. By retaking the lead in that half-inning, the Phillies put Hamels in line for the victory, which would have been his fifth win in the postseason, tying an MLB record. However, when Tampa Bay again tied the game in the seventh, Hamels was left with a <a href="/wiki/No_decision" title="No decision">no decision</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-delay_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delay-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the game was suspended, umpiring crew chief <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tschida" title="Tim Tschida">Tim Tschida</a> told reporters that he and his crew ordered the players off the field because the wind and rain threatened to make the game "comical."<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNdel_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNdel-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chase_Utley" title="Chase Utley">Chase Utley</a> agreed, saying that by the middle of the sixth, "the infield was basically under water."<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNdel_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNdel-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rain continued to fall in Philadelphia on Tuesday, further postponing the game to Wednesday, October 29. </p><p>The game resumed with the Phillies batting in the bottom of the sixth inning. Pinch-hitter <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Jenkins" title="Geoff Jenkins">Geoff Jenkins</a> led off with a double and scored on <a href="/wiki/Jayson_Werth" title="Jayson Werth">Jayson Werth</a>'s single to retake the lead for the Phillies, 3–2. In the top of the seventh, <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Baldelli" title="Rocco Baldelli">Rocco Baldelli</a> re-tied the game at three runs with a one-out solo home run. <a href="/wiki/Jason_Bartlett_(baseball)" title="Jason Bartlett (baseball)">Jason Bartlett</a> then followed with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/J._P._Howell" title="J. P. Howell">J. P. Howell</a>. Bartlett then attempted to score the go-ahead run from second when <a href="/wiki/Akinori_Iwamura" title="Akinori Iwamura">Akinori Iwamura</a> hit a ground ball to Utley, who faked a throw to first, then threw Bartlett out at home for the third out to keep the score tied. This play was later described as having saved the Series for the Phillies.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because Bartlett was on second instead of third before he got thrown out at home, Iwamura was credited with an infield single, instead of Utley being credited with a <a href="/wiki/Fielder%27s_choice" title="Fielder's choice">fielder's choice</a> out. In the bottom of the seventh, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Burrell" title="Pat Burrell">Pat Burrell</a> led off with a double off Howell for his only hit of the Series. <a href="/wiki/Eric_Bruntlett" title="Eric Bruntlett">Eric Bruntlett</a>, pinch-running for Burrell, scored on a single by <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Feliz" title="Pedro Feliz">Pedro Feliz</a> to put the Phillies up by a run again, 4–3. This gave Howell his second relief loss in the Series. In the top of the ninth, <a href="/wiki/Brad_Lidge" title="Brad Lidge">Brad Lidge</a> gave up a one-out single to <a href="/wiki/Dioner_Navarro" title="Dioner Navarro">Dioner Navarro</a> and a stolen base to pinch-runner <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Perez_(baseball)" title="Fernando Perez (baseball)">Fernando Perez</a>, but was able to retire <a href="/wiki/Ben_Zobrist" title="Ben Zobrist">Ben Zobrist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hinske" title="Eric Hinske">Eric Hinske</a> to complete his perfect season of save opportunities and secure the World Series for the Phillies.<sup id="cite_ref-Octoberphest_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Octoberphest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Phillies reliever <a href="/wiki/J._C._Romero" title="J. C. Romero">J. C. Romero</a> got his second win of the Series. </p><p>The Phillies won the Series in five games despite committing at least one error in each game. This game also marked only the second time in MLB history that first-inning runs were scored in each of the first five games played in a World Series (it had previously occurred in 2003).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Hamels was named the World Series MVP after winning one of his two starts with eight strikeouts, four earned runs off 10 hits, and a 2.77 ERA in 13 total innings pitched. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Implications_of_the_suspension">Implications of the suspension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Implications of the suspension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Suspended_game" title="Suspended game">Suspended game</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2008_world_series_rain_delay.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/2008_world_series_rain_delay.JPG/220px-2008_world_series_rain_delay.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/2008_world_series_rain_delay.JPG/330px-2008_world_series_rain_delay.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/2008_world_series_rain_delay.JPG/440px-2008_world_series_rain_delay.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The grounds crew covers the field with a tarpaulin during the Game 5 rain delay.</figcaption></figure> <p>Under normal conditions, games are considered to be official games after five innings, or four and a half if the home team is leading at that point. However, postseason games are operated by the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">Commissioner's</a> Office, thus are subject to the Commissioner's discretion of how to handle the scheduling of the games.<sup id="cite_ref-delay_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delay-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> So, with rain in the forecast for Philadelphia, Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bud_Selig" title="Bud Selig">Bud Selig</a> informed both the Rays and the Phillies management before the game began that a team would not be allowed to clinch the Series in a rain-shortened game.<sup id="cite_ref-delay_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-delay-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of the rainfall, Game 5 was suspended after the top of the sixth inning. Rain continued to fall in Philadelphia on Tuesday, October 28, and the game ultimately resumed on Wednesday, October 29, at Citizens Bank Park.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Official MLB records and statistics for a suspended game reflect the start date of the contest; October 27 for this game. </p><p>This was the first game in World Series history to be suspended.<sup id="cite_ref-FAQ_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAQ-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There had been three <a href="/wiki/Tie_(draw)" title="Tie (draw)">tied games</a> in the history of the World Series: <a href="/wiki/1907_World_Series" title="1907 World Series">1907</a>, <a href="/wiki/1912_World_Series" title="1912 World Series">1912</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1922_World_Series" title="1922 World Series">1922</a>, all of them called due to darkness. In general, no ties would be needed under modern rules, which provide for suspension of a tied game and resumption of it at the next possible date. Weather has caused numerous delays and postponements in Series history (notable postponements beforehand coming in 1911, 1962, 1975, 1986, 1996 and 2006), but never any suspended games before 2008. Although not officially a suspended game, the longest postponement for a World Series was during the <a href="/wiki/1989_World_Series" title="1989 World Series">1989 edition</a> in which the start of Game 3 was delayed 10 days, due to the <a href="/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake" title="1989 Loma Prieta earthquake">Loma Prieta earthquake</a> striking the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a>. </p><p>Several Nevada sports betting agencies treated the suspended game as a completed game and a win for the Phillies on Monday, October 27. Under Nevada house rules, the final score of a baseball game is determined by reverting to the last completed full inning, and the Phillies led 2–1 at the end of the fifth inning. Game 5 side bets on Philadelphia were paid off while bets on totals and <a href="/wiki/Sports_betting#Types_of_bets" title="Sports betting">run-line bets</a> were refunded.<sup id="cite_ref-vegas_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vegas-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the following offseason, Selig's interpretation of the rules became codified, as the 30 MLB club owners approved a rule change stipulating that all "postseason games and games added to the regular season to determine qualifiers for the postseason" become suspended games if they are called before nine innings are played, regardless of whether the game would otherwise qualify as an <a href="/wiki/Official_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Official game">official game</a>, or the score at the time the game is called. The game is resumed when conditions permit at the same location from the point of suspension.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first usage of that policy occurred during <a href="/wiki/2011_American_League_Division_Series#New_York_vs._Detroit" title="2011 American League Division Series">Game 1 of the 2011 ALDS</a>, which was suspended after two innings because of rain and was resumed the following day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composite_line_score">Composite line score</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Composite line score"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>2008 World Series <b>(4–1): <a href="/wiki/2008_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2008 Philadelphia Phillies season">Philadelphia Phillies</a> (NL)</b> beat <a href="/wiki/2008_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2008 Tampa Bay Rays season">Tampa Bay Rays</a> (AL). </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%"><span class="nowrap"> </span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a></b></td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">24</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">44</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays">Tampa Bay Rays</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">15</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">33</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">5 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b>Total attendance:</b> 219,369   <b>Average attendance:</b> 43,874<br /><span class="nowrap"><b>Winning player's share:</b> $351,504</span>   <span class="nowrap"><b>Losing player's share:</b> $223,390<sup id="cite_ref-wsshares_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsshares-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weather_conditions">Weather conditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Weather conditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Games 3 and 5 of the World Series were delayed by rain storms in Philadelphia, with the start of Game 3 on Saturday, October 25 being delayed an hour and 31 minutes (with that game ending at 1:47 am <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a> on Sunday, October 26). Game 5, which began on Monday, October 27, was suspended after the top of the 6th inning and resumed Wednesday, October 29.<sup id="cite_ref-will_not_resume_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-will_not_resume-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wet weather which affected Game 5 continued into Tuesday in the Philadelphia area, as Major League Baseball officials studied radar data to determine when Game 5 of the World Series would continue under conditions deemed "appropriate."<sup id="cite_ref-will_not_resume_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-will_not_resume-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Up to this point, there had never been a rain-shortened game in Series history, and this was the first suspension.<sup id="cite_ref-will_not_resume_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-will_not_resume-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, had it been necessary to play them, Games 6 and 7 in St. Petersburg, originally scheduled for October 29 and 30, were postponed until a later date.<sup id="cite_ref-will_not_resume_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-will_not_resume-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With temperatures plummeting towards 40 °F (4 °C) and with a cold rain falling at Citizens Bank Park, some of the Phillies and Rays players opted for an <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Fudd" title="Elmer Fudd">Elmer Fudd</a> look, wearing specially made caps with built-in ear flaps.<sup id="cite_ref-Elmer_Fudd_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elmer_Fudd-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The caps, manufactured by <a href="/wiki/New_Era_Cap_Company" title="New Era Cap Company">New Era</a>, were introduced during this year's <a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">spring training</a> but were not used on the field until Game 5.<sup id="cite_ref-Elmer_Fudd_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elmer_Fudd-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New Era also supplied regular ball caps to both teams, which some players continued to wear despite the cold weather.<sup id="cite_ref-Elmer_Fudd_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elmer_Fudd-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg/170px-Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg/255px-Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg/340px-Phillies-Parade_Harry-K_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="682" data-file-height="909" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a>, pictured at the World Series parade, called the series for Phillies radio and got to call a World Series win for the team, something he couldn't do in 1980.</figcaption></figure> <p>The games were televised on <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball on Fox">Fox</a> in the United States with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Buck" title="Joe Buck">Joe Buck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_McCarver" title="Tim McCarver">Tim McCarver</a> (himself a former <a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_broadcasters" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies broadcasters">Phillies broadcaster</a>) as booth announcers<sup id="cite_ref-TentSch_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TentSch-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Myers" title="Chris Myers">Chris Myers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Rosenthal" title="Ken Rosenthal">Ken Rosenthal</a> as field reporters.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Zelasko" title="Jeanne Zelasko">Jeanne Zelasko</a> hosted the pre-game and post-game show with <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kennedy_(baseball)" title="Kevin Kennedy (baseball)">Kevin Kennedy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Grace" title="Mark Grace">Mark Grace</a> (Games 1, 2) or <a href="/wiki/Eric_Karros" title="Eric Karros">Eric Karros</a> (Games 3, 4, 5). <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_en_Espa%C3%B1ol" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Sports en Español">Fox Sports en Español</a> did the simulcast of the Series in Spanish-language with <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Torres_(baseball)" title="Ángel Torres (baseball)">Ángel Torres</a>, Miguel Morales and Cos Villa behind the microphones. Fox's broadcasts were also streamed online at <a href="/wiki/MLB.com" title="MLB.com">MLB.com</a>. </p><p>On radio, the Series was broadcast nationally by <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_ESPN_Radio" title="Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio">ESPN Radio</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jon_Miller" title="Jon Miller">Jon Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Morgan" title="Joe Morgan">Joe Morgan</a> announcing, and a Spanish broadcast on <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Deportes_Radio" title="ESPN Deportes Radio">ESPN Deportes Radio</a>. Locally, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Wills_(sportscaster)" title="Dave Wills (sportscaster)">Dave Wills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Freed" title="Andy Freed">Andy Freed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dewayne_Staats" title="Dewayne Staats">Dewayne Staats</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Magrane" title="Joe Magrane">Joe Magrane</a> called the Series in English for the Rays on <a href="/wiki/WHNZ" title="WHNZ">WHNZ-AM</a> in Tampa, with Ricardo Tavaras and Enrique Oliu working the Spanish broadcast on St. Petersburg's <a href="/wiki/WGES_(AM)" title="WGES (AM)">WGES-AM</a>. <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Franzke" title="Scott Franzke">Scott Franzke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Andersen" title="Larry Andersen">Larry Andersen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Wheeler" title="Chris Wheeler">Chris Wheeler</a> called the Phillies' English broadcasts on <a href="/wiki/WPHT" title="WPHT">WPHT-AM</a> in Philadelphia, with Spanish announcers Danny Martinez, Bill Kulik and Juan Ramos on <a href="/wiki/WDAS_(AM)" title="WDAS (AM)">WUBA</a>. Following their contractual obligations, the non-<a href="/wiki/Flagship_(broadcasting)" title="Flagship (broadcasting)">flagship</a> stations on the teams' radio networks carried the ESPN Radio broadcasts. MLB.com also carried the local radio broadcasts for online streaming, while <a href="/wiki/XM_Satellite_Radio" title="XM Satellite Radio">XM Satellite Radio</a> aired the local and national feeds to its subscribers. For Harry Kalas, this series brought together a father and son calling the series for different teams; his son <a href="/wiki/Todd_Kalas" title="Todd Kalas">Todd</a> worked as a pregame announcer for the Rays, and joined his father in the WPHT booth for an inning of Game 1.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KalasFamily_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KalasFamily-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For international viewers, MLB International televised the game with commentators <a href="/wiki/Rick_Sutcliffe" title="Rick Sutcliffe">Rick Sutcliffe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dave_O%27Brien_(sportscaster)" title="Dave O'Brien (sportscaster)">Dave O'Brien</a>. This feed was also carried to U.S. service personnel stationed around the globe via the <a href="/wiki/American_Forces_Network" title="American Forces Network">American Forces Network</a>. </p><p>This World Series win had significance for McCarver and Harry Kalas. Both had been Phillies broadcasters in <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a>, but neither had gotten to call that year's World Series.<sup id="cite_ref-HarryKalasAndMcCarver_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarryKalasAndMcCarver-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCarver was a backup commentator for <i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Game_of_the_Week" title="Major League Baseball Game of the Week">Game of the Week</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_NBC" title="Major League Baseball on NBC">NBC</a>, but he was not part of the network's Series announcing team.<sup id="cite_ref-HarryKalasAndMcCarver_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarryKalasAndMcCarver-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For Kalas, MLB radio-broadcasting regulations forbade local stations from producing live coverage of World Series games, instead forcing them to air the national <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_CBS_Radio" title="Major League Baseball on CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a> feed of the games.<sup id="cite_ref-KalasFamily_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KalasFamily-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philadelphia fans were so outraged about this afterward that they started a letter-writing campaign to the <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioner of Baseball">Commissioner's Office</a>, demanding a change to the rule. The <a href="/wiki/1981_World_Series" title="1981 World Series">following year</a>, MLB amended its broadcasting contracts to allow World Series teams' flagship radio stations to air the games with local announcers, due at least in part to this outcry from Philadelphia fans.<sup id="cite_ref-HarryKalasAndMcCarver_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarryKalasAndMcCarver-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, both called the Phillies' World Series win. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ratings">Ratings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ratings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In both <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a> and total viewership, the 2008 edition of the Fall Classic set record lows for a televised World Series. The 8.4 average Nielsen rating sank below the 10.1 record set two years earlier in 2006. 2008 bears the distinction of being the first World Series to draw lower than a 10.0. Game three's 6.1 rating also set a record, since surpassed, for the lowest rated individual game. </p><p>The low numbers may have been affected by factors beyond MLB's control. Game 3 was delayed one hour thirty-one minutes for weather and, consequently, ended at 1:47 am ET. Game 5 was also suspended after 5.5 innings and resumed two days later. These factors likely brought the ratings down. </p><p>In recent years, several World Series have surpassed 2008's ratings lows, forming a long-term trend of declining World Series ratings. The <a href="/wiki/2010_World_Series" title="2010 World Series">2010 World Series</a> also generated an 8.4, before the <a href="/wiki/2012_World_Series" title="2012 World Series">2012 World Series</a> set a fresh record low with 7.6 (though this was a sweep, which usually draws lower ratings). The <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014 World Series</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_World_Series" title="2018 World Series">2018 World Series</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2019_World_Series" title="2019 World Series">2019 World Series</a> finished with 8.2, 8.3, and 8.1 Nielsen averages respectively, all lower than 2008. The <a href="/wiki/2020_World_Series" title="2020 World Series">2020 World Series</a>, coming after a season shortened by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_America" title="COVID-19 pandemic in North America">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, set the new record for lowest World Series ratings with a 5.2. The <a href="/wiki/2021_World_Series" title="2021 World Series">2021 World Series</a> received a 6.5 to hold the current spot for 2nd lowest ratings, with 2008's 8.4 now tied with 2010 for 7th lowest. </p><p>In total viewership, 2008 is now the fourth least watched World Series, with 2021, 2020, and 2012 all posting lower viewership numbers. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Ratings</a><br />(households)</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Share_(television)" class="mw-redirect" title="Share (television)">Share</a><br />(households)</th> <th>American audience<br />(in millions) </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td>9.2</td> <td>15</td> <td>14.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td>8.1</td> <td>13</td> <td>12.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>6.1</td> <td>13</td> <td>9.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>9.3</td> <td>15</td> <td>15.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td>9.6</td> <td>14</td> <td>15.8 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Umpiring">Umpiring</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Umpiring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Game 2, home plate umpire <a href="/wiki/Kerwin_Danley" title="Kerwin Danley">Kerwin Danley</a> appealed a call to the first base umpire after calling strike three; the first base umpire called ball four to award the Rays' <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Baldelli" title="Rocco Baldelli">Rocco Baldelli</a> a walk. Baldelli indicated that the calls did not come up in the locker room, and he did not believe they had an effect on the results.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Game 3, Phillies' pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Moyer" title="Jamie Moyer">Jamie Moyer</a> threw the ball to <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a> to force out the Rays' <a href="/wiki/Carl_Crawford" title="Carl Crawford">Carl Crawford</a> at first base, despite umpire <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hallion" title="Tom Hallion">Tom Hallion</a> calling Crawford safe in the game.<sup id="cite_ref-Not_Blind,_but_Human_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Not_Blind,_but_Human-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Game 4, <a href="/wiki/Evan_Longoria" title="Evan Longoria">Evan Longoria</a> tagged Rollins at third base, though umpire <a href="/wiki/Tim_Welke" title="Tim Welke">Tim Welke</a> had ruled Rollins safe. The league admitted these errors between Games 4 and 5.<sup id="cite_ref-Not_Blind,_but_Human_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Not_Blind,_but_Human-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact_and_aftermath">Impact and aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Impact and aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Phillies">Phillies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Phillies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia_Phillies_Barack_Obama.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Philadelphia_Phillies_Barack_Obama.jpg/220px-Philadelphia_Phillies_Barack_Obama.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Philadelphia_Phillies_Barack_Obama.jpg/330px-Philadelphia_Phillies_Barack_Obama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Philadelphia_Phillies_Barack_Obama.jpg/440px-Philadelphia_Phillies_Barack_Obama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="2333" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> meets with the 2008 World Series champion <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>—May 15, 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>The Phillies' second World Series championship brought about a series of firsts, not just for them, but for Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-Octoberphest_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Octoberphest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In winning their first championship since <a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a>, the Phillies brought the city of <a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Philadelphia" title="Sports in Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> its first major professional sports championship since the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_76ers" title="Philadelphia 76ers">76ers</a> swept the <a href="/wiki/1983_NBA_Finals" title="1983 NBA Finals">1983 NBA Finals</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Octoberphest_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Octoberphest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> breaking the alleged <a href="/wiki/Curse_of_Billy_Penn" title="Curse of Billy Penn">Curse of Billy Penn</a>. </p><p>In summing up the firsts and given how long the city's sports fans have waited, Phillies President <a href="/wiki/David_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="David Montgomery (baseball)">David Montgomery</a> said that "our first name is Philadelphia", and he and manager <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Manuel" title="Charlie Manuel">Charlie Manuel</a> dedicated the championship to the city of Philadelphia and the fans.<sup id="cite_ref-Octoberphest_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Octoberphest-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Video_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Video-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manuel also dedicated the championship to his mother, who died on the day of Game 2 of the <a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 National League Championship Series">NLCS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Phil Sheridan of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i> said that the 25 years without a championship "helped define this city as a sports town for way too long. It was long enough to turn passion too often to anger. Maybe this championship will turn the vinegar back into wine,"<sup id="cite_ref-Sheridan_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheridan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and said that the fans "waited forever and a day."<sup id="cite_ref-Sheridan_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheridan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a>, October 31, approximately two million fans lined <a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_(Philadelphia)" title="Broad Street (Philadelphia)">Broad Street</a> for a ticker-tape parade,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the largest gathering for a championship parade in Philadelphia since the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Flyers</a> won the <a href="/wiki/1974_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1974 Stanley Cup Finals">1974 Stanley Cup Finals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This parade had significance for Phillies pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Moyer" title="Jamie Moyer">Jamie Moyer</a> and Phillies broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a>, as they both were at the 1980 parade.<sup id="cite_ref-HarryKalasAndMcCarver_49-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarryKalasAndMcCarver-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Moyer_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moyer-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Parade_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parade-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moyer grew up in the Philadelphia area as a Phillies fan and whose childhood hero was <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a>, a member of the 1980 team, and whom he won against in his first Major League start.<sup id="cite_ref-Moyer_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moyer-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was at both of the Phillies' World Series parades, skipping school to attend in 1980, and as a pitcher in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Sheridan_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheridan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Moyer_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moyer-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kalas was at both parades, as a broadcaster for the Phillies.<sup id="cite_ref-HarryKalasAndMcCarver_49-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarryKalasAndMcCarver-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Parade_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parade-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When comparing the parade to the one in 1980, he told <a href="/wiki/WCAU" title="WCAU">WCAU-TV</a> that "this is bigger...the biggest I've ever seen."<sup id="cite_ref-Parade_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parade-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Philadelphia sports fans picked both of the Phillies' World Series wins as the two greatest moments in Philadelphia sports, picking the 2008 championship as the greatest moment.<sup id="cite_ref-GreatestMoments_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreatestMoments-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Phillies returned to the World Series in <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Series" title="2009 World Series">2009</a>, the first defending champion to return to the Series since the <a href="/wiki/2001_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2001 New York Yankees season">2001 New York Yankees</a>. During <a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2009 Major League Baseball season">that season</a> they finished first in the National League East with a 93–69 mark, and eliminated the <a href="/wiki/2009_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="2009 Colorado Rockies season">Rockies</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2009_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2009 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Dodgers</a> in the NL playoffs. They would lose to the Yankees in six games. </p><p>Subsequent regular season meetings between the Rays and the Phillies would be relatively uncommon. The Rays only visited Philadelphia twice within the next seven years (in 2012 and 2015). </p><p>This would be the last professional sports championship for the city of Philadelphia until the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Eagles" title="Philadelphia Eagles">Philadelphia Eagles</a> defeated the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> 41–33 in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_LII" title="Super Bowl LII">Super Bowl LII</a> in 2018. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rays">Rays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_World_Series&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Rays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the Rays, at the same time the ticker-tape parade went down Broad Street in Philadelphia, thousands of Rays' fans attended a rally at Straub Park in <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida">St. Petersburg</a>, celebrating their 2008 season.<sup id="cite_ref-RaysRally_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaysRally-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mayor <a href="/wiki/Rick_Baker_(mayor)" title="Rick Baker (mayor)">Rick Baker</a> said that the rally "really needed to be done. There was so much demand in the community. They didn't win the World Series but they won the AL. And we want to celebrate that and thank them."<sup id="cite_ref-RaysRally_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaysRally-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Tampa Mayor <a href="/wiki/Pam_Iorio" title="Pam Iorio">Pam Iorio</a> addressed the fans during the rally.<sup id="cite_ref-RaysRally_60-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaysRally-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though the Rays missed the playoffs in 2009, they earned a winning record of 84–78, placing them third behind the Red Sox and eventual champion Yankees. From 2010-2013, the Rays won at least 90 games each season, a remarkable feat for a team with one of the lowest payrolls in baseball. The 2008 Rays were covered in depth in the book <i>The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First</i> by <a href="/wiki/Jonah_Keri" title="Jonah Keri">Jonah Keri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Rays returned to the World Series in <a href="/wiki/2020_World_Series" title="2020 World Series">2020</a>, but lost to the <a href="/wiki/2020_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2020 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in six games. </p><p>Several Rays players from 2008 later won a World Series with other teams. <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Gomes" title="Jonny Gomes">Jonny Gomes</a>, who was not on the Rays' postseason roster, played on the <a href="/wiki/2013_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2013 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2013_World_Series" title="2013 World Series">2013</a> championship team. <a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">David Price</a> won a World Series ring in <a href="/wiki/2018_World_Series" title="2018 World Series">2018</a> with the <a href="/wiki/2018_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2018 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a>, but opted out of playing during the Dodgers' 2020 championship run due to <a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_sports" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports">COVID-19 concerns</a>. <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Jackson_(baseball)" title="Edwin Jackson (baseball)">Edwin Jackson</a> won a ring in <a href="/wiki/2011_World_Series" title="2011 World Series">2011</a> with the <a href="/wiki/2011_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="2011 St. Louis Cardinals season">St. Louis Cardinals</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Zobrist" title="Ben Zobrist">Ben Zobrist</a> won two World Series in <a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_World_Series" title="2016 World Series">2016</a> as a key member of the <a href="/wiki/2015_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2015 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City Royals</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2016 Chicago Cubs season">Chicago Cubs</a> (where he won World Series MVP) respectively. Rays manager <a href="/wiki/Joe_Maddon" title="Joe Maddon">Joe Maddon</a> was also the manager of the 2016 Cubs, while the architect of the 2008 team, GM <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Friedman" title="Andrew Friedman">Andrew Friedman</a>, would win a World Series in <a href="/wiki/2020_World_Series" title="2020 World Series">2020</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_World_Series" title="2024 World Series">2024</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Evan_Longoria" title="Evan Longoria">Evan Longoria</a> was a member of the <a href="/wiki/2023_Arizona_Diamondbacks" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Arizona Diamondbacks">2023 Arizona Diamondbacks</a> who lost that year's <a href="/wiki/2023_World_Series" title="2023 World Series">World Series</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2023_Texas_Rangers" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Texas Rangers">Texas Rangers</a>; Longoria's 15 year gap between World Series appearances is the longest for any 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081025&content_id=3643758&vkey=ps2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb">the original</a> on October 27, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Arizona_Diamondbacks_season" title="2008 Arizona Diamondbacks season">Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="2008 Colorado Rockies season">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season" title="2008 Los Angeles Dodgers season">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="2008 San Diego Padres season">San Diego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_San_Francisco_Giants_season" title="2008 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_MLB_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 MLB draft">2008 MLB 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style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1903_World_Series" title="1903 World Series">1903</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><s><a href="/wiki/1904_World_Series" title="1904 World Series">1904</a></s></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1905_World_Series" title="1905 World Series">1905</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1906_World_Series" title="1906 World Series">1906</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1907_World_Series" title="1907 World Series">1907</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1908_World_Series" title="1908 World Series">1908</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1909_World_Series" title="1909 World Series">1909</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="16" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/World_Series_Trophy_%2848266104832%29.jpg/85px-World_Series_Trophy_%2848266104832%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/World_Series_Trophy_%2848266104832%29.jpg/128px-World_Series_Trophy_%2848266104832%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/World_Series_Trophy_%2848266104832%29.jpg/170px-World_Series_Trophy_%2848266104832%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="6048" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1910_World_Series" title="1910 World Series">1910</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1911_World_Series" title="1911 World Series">1911</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1912_World_Series" title="1912 World Series">1912</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1913_World_Series" title="1913 World Series">1913</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1914_World_Series" title="1914 World Series">1914</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1915_World_Series" title="1915 World Series">1915</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1916_World_Series" title="1916 World Series">1916</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1917_World_Series" title="1917 World Series">1917</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1918_World_Series" title="1918 World Series">1918</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1919_World_Series" title="1919 World Series">1919</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1920_World_Series" title="1920 World Series">1920</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1921_World_Series" title="1921 World Series">1921</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1922_World_Series" title="1922 World Series">1922</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1923_World_Series" title="1923 World Series">1923</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1924_World_Series" title="1924 World Series">1924</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1925_World_Series" title="1925 World Series">1925</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1926_World_Series" title="1926 World Series">1926</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1927_World_Series" title="1927 World Series">1927</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1928_World_Series" title="1928 World Series">1928</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1929_World_Series" title="1929 World Series">1929</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1931_World_Series" title="1931 World Series">1931</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1932_World_Series" title="1932 World Series">1932</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1933_World_Series" title="1933 World Series">1933</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1934_World_Series" title="1934 World Series">1934</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1935_World_Series" title="1935 World Series">1935</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1936_World_Series" title="1936 World Series">1936</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1937_World_Series" title="1937 World Series">1937</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1938_World_Series" title="1938 World Series">1938</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1939_World_Series" title="1939 World Series">1939</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1940_World_Series" title="1940 World Series">1940</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1941_World_Series" title="1941 World Series">1941</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1942_World_Series" title="1942 World Series">1942</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1943_World_Series" title="1943 World Series">1943</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1944_World_Series" title="1944 World Series">1944</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1945_World_Series" title="1945 World Series">1945</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1946_World_Series" title="1946 World Series">1946</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1947_World_Series" title="1947 World Series">1947</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1948_World_Series" title="1948 World Series">1948</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1949_World_Series" title="1949 World Series">1949</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1950_World_Series" title="1950 World Series">1950</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1951_World_Series" title="1951 World Series">1951</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1952_World_Series" title="1952 World Series">1952</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1953_World_Series" title="1953 World Series">1953</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1954_World_Series" title="1954 World Series">1954</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1955_World_Series" title="1955 World Series">1955</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1956_World_Series" title="1956 World Series">1956</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1957_World_Series" title="1957 World Series">1957</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1958_World_Series" title="1958 World Series">1958</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1959_World_Series" title="1959 World Series">1959</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1960_World_Series" title="1960 World Series">1960</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1961_World_Series" title="1961 World Series">1961</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1962_World_Series" title="1962 World Series">1962</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1963_World_Series" title="1963 World Series">1963</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1964_World_Series" title="1964 World Series">1964</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1965_World_Series" title="1965 World Series">1965</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1966_World_Series" title="1966 World Series">1966</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1967_World_Series" title="1967 World Series">1967</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1969_World_Series" title="1969 World Series">1969</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1970_World_Series" title="1970 World Series">1970</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1971_World_Series" title="1971 World Series">1971</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1972_World_Series" title="1972 World Series">1972</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1973_World_Series" title="1973 World Series">1973</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1974_World_Series" title="1974 World Series">1974</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1975_World_Series" title="1975 World Series">1975</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1976_World_Series" title="1976 World Series">1976</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1977_World_Series" title="1977 World Series">1977</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1978_World_Series" title="1978 World Series">1978</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1979_World_Series" title="1979 World Series">1979</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1981_World_Series" title="1981 World Series">1981</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1982_World_Series" title="1982 World Series">1982</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1983_World_Series" title="1983 World Series">1983</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">1984</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1986_World_Series" title="1986 World Series">1986</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1987_World_Series" title="1987 World Series">1987</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1988_World_Series" title="1988 World Series">1988</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1989_World_Series" title="1989 World Series">1989</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1990_World_Series" title="1990 World Series">1990</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1991_World_Series" title="1991 World Series">1991</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1992_World_Series" title="1992 World Series">1992</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1993_World_Series" title="1993 World Series">1993</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><s><a href="/wiki/1994_World_Series" title="1994 World Series">1994</a></s></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1995_World_Series" title="1995 World Series">1995</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1996_World_Series" title="1996 World Series">1996</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1997_World_Series" title="1997 World Series">1997</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1998_World_Series" title="1998 World Series">1998</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/1999_World_Series" title="1999 World Series">1999</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2000_World_Series" title="2000 World Series">2000</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2001_World_Series" title="2001 World Series">2001</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2002_World_Series" title="2002 World Series">2002</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2003_World_Series" title="2003 World Series">2003</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2004_World_Series" title="2004 World Series">2004</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2005_World_Series" title="2005 World Series">2005</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2006_World_Series" title="2006 World Series">2006</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">2007</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2009_World_Series" title="2009 World Series">2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2010_World_Series" title="2010 World Series">2010</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2011_World_Series" title="2011 World Series">2011</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2012_World_Series" title="2012 World Series">2012</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Series" title="2013 World Series">2013</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2016_World_Series" title="2016 World Series">2016</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2018_World_Series" title="2018 World Series">2018</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2019_World_Series" title="2019 World Series">2019</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table style="width:100%;padding:0"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2020_World_Series" title="2020 World Series">2020</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2021_World_Series" title="2021 World Series">2021</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2023_World_Series" title="2023 World Series">2023</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"><a href="/wiki/2024_World_Series" title="2024 World Series">2024</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td> <td style="text-align:center;width:10%"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_champions" title="List of World Series champions">World Series champions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_sweeps" title="List of World Series sweeps">Sweeps</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_starting_pitchers" title="List of World Series starting pitchers">Starting pitchers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_postseason_teams" title="List of Major League Baseball postseason teams">Appearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_franchise_postseason_streaks" title="List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason streaks">Streaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_franchise_postseason_droughts" title="List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts">Droughts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_postseason_series" title="List of Major League Baseball postseason series">Series (by franchise)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_broadcasters" title="List of World Series broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trophies and<br />Awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Temple_Cup" title="Temple Cup">Temple Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chronicle-Telegraph_Cup" title="Chronicle-Telegraph Cup"><i>Chronicle-Telegraph</i> Cup</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_postseason" title="Major League Baseball postseason">Postseason</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_League_Championship_Series" title="American League Championship Series">ALCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_Championship_Series" title="National League Championship Series">NLCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_League_Division_Series" title="American League Division Series">ALDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_Division_Series" title="National League Division Series">NLDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Card_Series" title="Wild Card Series">Wild Card Series</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series_television_ratings" title="World Series television ratings">TV ratings</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks 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color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;background-color: #E81828 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Template:Philadelphia Phillies"><abbr title="View this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Template talk:Philadelphia Phillies"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Philadelphia Phillies"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Philadelphia_Phillies" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Philadelphia Phillies</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Established in <b><a href="/wiki/1883_Major_League_Baseball_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1883 Major League Baseball season"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">1883</span></a></b></li> <li>Formerly the <b>Philadelphia Quakers</b> and the <b>Philadelphia Blue Jays</b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Franchise</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Philadelphia_Phillies" title="History of the Philadelphia Phillies">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_seasons" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_team_records" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies team records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies_all-time_roster" title="Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_owners_and_executives" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies owners and executives">Owners and executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_managers" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_broadcasters" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies Opening Day starting pitchers">Opening Day starting pitchers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies first-round draft picks">First-round picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_no-hitters" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies no-hitters">No-hitters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_award_winners_and_league_leaders" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies award winners and league leaders">Award winners and league leaders</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">Ballparks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Recreation_Park_(Philadelphia)" title="Recreation Park (Philadelphia)">Recreation Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Bowl" title="Baker Bowl">Baker Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shibe_Park" title="Shibe Park">Shibe Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veterans_Stadium" title="Veterans Stadium">Veterans Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><i>Spring training</i></dt> <dd></dd> <dd>Cape May Athletic Park</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Ballpark_(Gainesville)" title="The Ballpark (Gainesville)">The Ballpark (Gainesville)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Latta_Park_Baseball_Field" title="Latta Park Baseball Field">Latta Park Baseball Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Broad_Street_Park_(Richmond,_Virginia)" title="Broad Street Park (Richmond, Virginia)">Broad Street Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bolton_Street_Park" title="Bolton Street Park">Bolton Street Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pines_Golf_Club" title="Southern Pines Golf Club">Southern Pines Country Club</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rickwood_Field" title="Rickwood Field">Rickwood Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fogel_Field" title="Fogel Field">Fogel Field</a></dd> <dd>Sunset Ball Park</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Coffee_Pot_Park" title="Coffee Pot Park">Coffee Pot Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wearn_Field" title="Wearn Field">Wearn Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fleming_Field_(Gainesville)" title="Fleming Field (Gainesville)">Fleming Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cooke_Field" title="Cooke Field">Cooke Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LECOM_Park" title="LECOM Park">Ninth Street Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Denison_Field" title="Denison Field">Denison Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Biloxi_Stadium" title="Biloxi Stadium">Biloxi Stadium</a></dd> <dd>Landa Park</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Flamingo_Field" title="Flamingo Field">Flamingo Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wilmington_Park" title="Wilmington Park">Wilmington Park</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_Athletic_Field" title="Clearwater Athletic Field">Clearwater Athletic Field</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jack_Russell_Memorial_Stadium" title="Jack Russell Memorial Stadium">Jack Russell Stadium</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Carpenter_Complex" title="Carpenter Complex">Carpenter Complex</a>/<a href="/wiki/BayCare_Ballpark" title="BayCare Ballpark">BayCare Ballpark</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashburn_Alley" title="Ashburn Alley">Ashburn Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Baseball_Wall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame">Baseball Wall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By_Saam" title="By Saam">By Saam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_Billy_Penn" title="Curse of Billy Penn">Curse of Billy Penn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Baker_(PA_announcer)" title="Dan Baker (PA announcer)">Dan Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies_annual_franchise_awards" title="Philadelphia Phillies annual franchise awards">Franchise awards</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/High_Hopes_(Frank_Sinatra_song)" title="High Hopes (Frank Sinatra song)">High Hopes</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Pants_Patrol" title="Hot Pants Patrol">Hot Pants Patrol</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Kashmir_(song)" title="Kashmir (song)">Kashmir</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maje_McDonnell" title="Maje McDonnell">Maje McDonnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NRG_station" title="NRG station">Pattison station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Richardson_(organist)" title="Paul Richardson (organist)">Paul Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies_(NFL)" title="Philadelphia Phillies (NFL)">Philadelphia Phillies (NFL)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillie_Phanatic" title="Phillie Phanatic">Phillie Phanatic</a> (<a href="/wiki/David_Raymond" title="David Raymond">David Raymond</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_turn_back_the_clock_games" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies turn back the clock games">Phillies Turn Back the Clock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame">Sports Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Winning_Team" title="The Winning Team">The Winning Team</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Catch" title="Summer Catch">Summer Catch</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/TSOP_(The_Sound_of_Philadelphia)" title="TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)">The Sound of Philadelphia</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dancing_on_My_Own" title="Dancing on My Own">Dancing on My Own</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A-O-K_(song)" title="A-O-K (song)">A-O-K</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Philadelphia_Sports_Complex" title="South Philadelphia Sports Complex">South Philadelphia Sports Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Lucadello" title="Tony Lucadello">Tony Lucadello</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Carter%27s_1993_World_Series_home_run" title="Joe Carter's 1993 World Series home run">1993 World Series Game 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_MLB_Little_League_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 MLB Little League Classic">2018 MLB Little League Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_League_Championship_Series#Game_5" title="2022 National League Championship Series">Bedlam at the Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_National_League_Championship_Series#Game_3" title="1977 National League Championship Series">Black Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Saturday_(1903)" title="Black Saturday (1903)">Black Saturday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Phillies season">The Cardiac Kids</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Game_5">Chase Utley's throw home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Sisler#Pennant-winning_home_run" title="Dick Sisler">Dick Sisler's home run</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2011 Philadelphia Phillies season">The Four Aces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1993 Philadelphia Phillies season">Macho Row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_perfect_games" title="List of Major League Baseball perfect games">Perfect games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning%27s_perfect_game" title="Jim Bunning's perfect game">Jim Bunning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay%27s_perfect_game" title="Roy Halladay's perfect game">Roy Halladay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series#Game_6" title="1980 World Series">Pete Rose catch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1964 Philadelphia Phillies season">The Phold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_National_League_Division_Series#Game_1" title="2010 National League Division Series">Roy Halladay's postseason no-hitter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiz_Kids_(baseball)" title="Whiz Kids (baseball)">Whiz Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1983 Philadelphia Phillies season">Wheeze Kids</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mets%E2%80%93Phillies_rivalry" title="Mets–Phillies rivalry">New York Mets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Series_(Philadelphia)" title="City Series (Philadelphia)">Philadelphia Athletics (City Series)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillies%E2%80%93Pirates_rivalry" title="Phillies–Pirates rivalry">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nationals%E2%80%93Phillies_rivalry" title="Nationals–Phillies rivalry">Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos (former)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">Important figures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Baseball_Wall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Wall of Fame</span></a><br />members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">Grover Cleveland Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Allen" title="Dick Allen">Dick Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Ashburn" title="Richie Ashburn">Richie Ashburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Boone" title="Bob Boone">Bob Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bowa" title="Larry Bowa">Larry Bowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">Jim Bunning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Burrell" title="Pat Burrell">Pat Burrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Callison" title="Johnny Callison">Johnny Callison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruly_Carpenter" title="Ruly Carpenter">Ruly Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavvy_Cravath" title="Gavvy Cravath">Gavvy Cravath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Daulton" title="Darren Daulton">Darren Daulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Delahanty" title="Ed Delahanty">Ed Delahanty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Ennis" title="Del Ennis">Del Ennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Green_(baseball)" title="Dallas Green (baseball)">Dallas Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Gillick" title="Pat Gillick">Pat Gillick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Roy Halladay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1866)" title="Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)">Billy Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granny_Hamner" title="Granny Hamner">Granny Hamner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Jones_(third_baseman)" title="Willie Jones (third baseman)">Willie Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Kalas" title="Harry Kalas">Harry Kalas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Klein" title="Chuck Klein">Chuck Klein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kruk" title="John Kruk">John Kruk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lieberthal" title="Mike Lieberthal">Mike Lieberthal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Luzinski" title="Greg Luzinski">Greg Luzinski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garry_Maddox" title="Garry Maddox">Garry Maddox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherry_Magee" title="Sherry Magee">Sherry Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Manuel" title="Charlie Manuel">Charlie Manuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bake_McBride" title="Bake McBride">Bake McBride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tug_McGraw" title="Tug McGraw">Tug McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="David Montgomery (baseball)">David Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Owens_(baseball)" title="Paul Owens (baseball)">Paul Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Quinn_(baseball_executive)" title="John Quinn (baseball executive)">John Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Reed" title="Ron Reed">Ron Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">Robin Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Rolen" title="Scott Rolen">Scott Rolen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Samuel" title="Juan Samuel">Juan Samuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Curt Schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Short" title="Chris Short">Chris Short</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Simmons" title="Curt Simmons">Curt Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Taylor_(baseball)" title="Tony Taylor (baseball)">Tony Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thome" title="Jim Thome">Jim Thome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Thompson_(outfielder)" title="Sam Thompson (outfielder)">Sam Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manny_Trillo" title="Manny Trillo">Manny Trillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Vukovich" title="John Vukovich">John Vukovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Williams" title="Cy Williams">Cy Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;">Franchise<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_team_records" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies team records"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">record holders</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Coleman_(outfielder/pitcher)" title="John Coleman (outfielder/pitcher)">John Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Duggleby" title="Bill Duggleby">Bill Duggleby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Dykstra" title="Lenny Dykstra">Lenny Dykstra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kid_Gleason" title="Kid Gleason">Kid Gleason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Howard" title="Ryan Howard">Ryan Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McQuillan" title="George McQuillan">George McQuillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Jonathan Papelbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Schilling" title="Curt Schilling">Curt Schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Tekulve" title="Kent Tekulve">Kent Tekulve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_Utley" title="Chase Utley">Chase Utley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Ashburn" title="Richie Ashburn">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Allen" title="Dick Allen">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Robin Roberts (baseball)">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland_Alexander" title="Grover Cleveland Alexander">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Klein" title="Chuck Klein">P</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: Limited partnership (<a href="/wiki/John_S._Middleton" title="John S. Middleton">John S. Middleton</a>, Jim & Pete Buck, Stanley Middleman, <a href="/wiki/David_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="David Montgomery (baseball)">Estate of David Montgomery</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Pat_Gillick" title="Pat Gillick">Pat Gillick</a>)</li> <li>President: <a href="/wiki/David_Dombrowski" class="mw-redirect" title="David Dombrowski">David Dombrowski</a></li> <li>General Manager: <a href="/wiki/Preston_Mattingly" title="Preston Mattingly">Preston Mattingly</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Rob_Thomson" title="Rob Thomson">Rob Thomson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_champions" title="List of World Series champions"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">World Series<br />championships</span></a> (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Series" title="1980 World Series">1980</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_pennant_winners" title="List of National League pennant winners"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">NL pennants</span></a> (8)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1915_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1915 Philadelphia Phillies season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1950 Philadelphia Phillies season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 National League Championship Series">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1983 National League Championship Series">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1993 National League Championship Series">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 National League Championship Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2009 National League Championship Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2022 National League Championship Series">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_National_League_division_winners&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of National League division winners (page does not exist)"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Division<br />championships</span></a> (12)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1976_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1976 Philadelphia Phillies season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1977 Philadelphia Phillies season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1978 Philadelphia Phillies season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Phillies season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1983 Philadelphia Phillies season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1993 Philadelphia Phillies season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2007 Philadelphia Phillies season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2008 Philadelphia Phillies season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2009 Philadelphia Phillies season">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2010 Philadelphia Phillies season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2011 Philadelphia Phillies season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2024 Philadelphia Phillies season">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">Wild Card titles (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2022 National League Wild Card Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_National_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2023 National League Wild Card Series">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Minor league<br /> affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Triple-A</dt> <dd></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley_IronPigs" title="Lehigh Valley IronPigs">Lehigh Valley IronPigs</a></dd> <dt>Double-A</dt> <dd></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Reading_Fightin_Phils" title="Reading Fightin Phils">Reading Fightin Phils</a></dd> <dt>High-A</dt> <dd></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jersey_Shore_BlueClaws" title="Jersey Shore BlueClaws">Jersey Shore BlueClaws</a></dd> <dt>Single-A</dt> <dd></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Clearwater_Threshers" title="Clearwater Threshers">Clearwater Threshers</a></dd> <dt>Rookie</dt> <dd></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League_Phillies" title="Florida Complex League Phillies">FCL Phillies</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Phillies" title="Dominican Summer League Phillies">DSL Phillies Red</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Phillies" title="Dominican Summer League Phillies">DSL Phillies White</a></dd> <dt>Rosters</dt> <dd></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies_minor_league_players" title="Philadelphia Phillies minor league players">Minor league rosters</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">Broadcasting</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Philadelphia" title="NBC Sports Philadelphia">NBC Sports Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCAU" title="WCAU">WCAU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WIP-FM" title="WIP-FM">94 WIP</a> (English flagship station)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTTM" title="WTTM">El Pasaporte</a> (Spanish flagship station)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies_Radio_Network" title="Philadelphia Phillies Radio Network">Phillies radio network affiliates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Philadelphia_Phillies_broadcasters" title="List of Philadelphia Phillies broadcasters"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Broadcasters</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(sportscaster)" title="Tom McCarthy (sportscaster)">Tom McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kruk" title="John Kruk">John Kruk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Davis_(baseball)" title="Ben Davis (baseball)">Ben Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Amaro_Jr." title="Rubén Amaro Jr.">Rubén Amaro Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Franzke" title="Scott Franzke">Scott Franzke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Andersen" title="Larry Andersen">Larry Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Stocker" title="Kevin Stocker">Kevin Stocker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;background-color: #E81828 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003278, inset -2px -2px 0 #003278; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(143)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (143)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1880s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1880 · 1881 · 1882 · </span> <a href="/wiki/1883_Philadelphia_Quakers_season" title="1883 Philadelphia Quakers season">1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Philadelphia_Quakers_season" title="1884 Philadelphia Quakers season">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Philadelphia_Quakers_season" title="1885 Philadelphia Quakers season">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Philadelphia_Quakers_season" title="1886 Philadelphia Quakers season">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_Philadelphia_Quakers_season" title="1887 Philadelphia Quakers season">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Philadelphia_Quakers_season" title="1888 Philadelphia Quakers season">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1889_Philadelphia_Quakers_season" title="1889 Philadelphia Quakers season">1889</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1890s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1890_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1890 Philadelphia Phillies season">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1891 Philadelphia Phillies season">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1892 Philadelphia Phillies season">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1893 Philadelphia Phillies season">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1894 Philadelphia Phillies season">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1895 Philadelphia Phillies season">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1896 Philadelphia Phillies season">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1897 Philadelphia Phillies season">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1898 Philadelphia Phillies season">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1899 Philadelphia Phillies season">1899</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1900_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1900 Philadelphia Phillies season">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1901 Philadelphia Phillies season">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1902 Philadelphia Phillies season">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1903 Philadelphia Phillies season">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1904 Philadelphia Phillies season">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1905 Philadelphia Phillies season">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1906 Philadelphia Phillies season">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1907 Philadelphia Phillies season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1908 Philadelphia Phillies season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1909 Philadelphia Phillies season">1909</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1910 Philadelphia Phillies season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1911 Philadelphia Phillies season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1912 Philadelphia Phillies season">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1913 Philadelphia Phillies season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1914 Philadelphia Phillies season">1914</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1915_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1915 Philadelphia Phillies season">1915</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1916 Philadelphia Phillies season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1917 Philadelphia Phillies season">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1918 Philadelphia Phillies season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1919 Philadelphia Phillies season">1919</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1920 Philadelphia Phillies season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1921 Philadelphia Phillies season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1922 Philadelphia Phillies season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1923 Philadelphia Phillies season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1924 Philadelphia Phillies season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1925 Philadelphia Phillies season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1926 Philadelphia Phillies season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1927 Philadelphia Phillies season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1928 Philadelphia Phillies season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1929 Philadelphia Phillies season">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1930 Philadelphia Phillies season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1931 Philadelphia Phillies season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1932 Philadelphia Phillies season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1933 Philadelphia Phillies season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1934 Philadelphia Phillies season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1935 Philadelphia Phillies season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1936 Philadelphia Phillies season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1937 Philadelphia Phillies season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1938 Philadelphia Phillies season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1939 Philadelphia Phillies season">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1940 Philadelphia Phillies season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1941 Philadelphia Phillies season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 Philadelphia Phillies season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1943 Philadelphia Phillies season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1944 Philadelphia Phillies season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1945 Philadelphia Phillies season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1946 Philadelphia Phillies season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1947 Philadelphia Phillies season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1948 Philadelphia Phillies season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1949 Philadelphia Phillies season">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1950_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1950 Philadelphia Phillies season">1950</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1951 Philadelphia Phillies season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1952 Philadelphia Phillies season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1953 Philadelphia Phillies season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1954 Philadelphia Phillies season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1955 Philadelphia Phillies season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1956 Philadelphia Phillies season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1957 Philadelphia Phillies season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1958 Philadelphia Phillies season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1959 Philadelphia Phillies season">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1960 Philadelphia Phillies season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1961 Philadelphia Phillies season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1962 Philadelphia Phillies season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1963 Philadelphia Phillies season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1964 Philadelphia Phillies season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1965 Philadelphia Phillies season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1966 Philadelphia Phillies season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1967 Philadelphia Phillies season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1968 Philadelphia Phillies season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1969 Philadelphia Phillies season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1970 Philadelphia Phillies season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1971 Philadelphia Phillies season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1972 Philadelphia Phillies season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1973 Philadelphia Phillies season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1974 Philadelphia Phillies season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1975 Philadelphia Phillies season">1975</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1976_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1976 Philadelphia Phillies season">1976</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1977_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1977 Philadelphia Phillies season">1977</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1978_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1978 Philadelphia Phillies season">1978</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1979 Philadelphia Phillies season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1980_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1980 Philadelphia Phillies season">1980</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1981 Philadelphia Phillies season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1982 Philadelphia Phillies season">1982</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1983_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1983 Philadelphia Phillies season">1983</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1984 Philadelphia Phillies season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1985 Philadelphia Phillies season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1986 Philadelphia Phillies season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1987 Philadelphia Phillies season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1988 Philadelphia Phillies season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1989 Philadelphia Phillies season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1990 Philadelphia Phillies season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1991 Philadelphia Phillies season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1992 Philadelphia Phillies season">1992</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1993_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1993 Philadelphia Phillies season">1993</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1994 Philadelphia Phillies season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1995 Philadelphia Phillies season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1996 Philadelphia Phillies season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1997 Philadelphia Phillies season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1998 Philadelphia Phillies season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="1999 Philadelphia Phillies season">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2000 Philadelphia Phillies season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2001 Philadelphia Phillies season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2002 Philadelphia Phillies season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2003 Philadelphia Phillies season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2004 Philadelphia Phillies season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2005 Philadelphia Phillies season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2006 Philadelphia Phillies season">2006</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2007_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2007 Philadelphia Phillies season">2007</a></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/2008_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2008 Philadelphia Phillies season">2008</a></b></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2009_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2009 Philadelphia Phillies season">2009</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2010_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2010 Philadelphia Phillies season">2010</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2011_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2011 Philadelphia Phillies season">2011</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2012 Philadelphia Phillies season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2013 Philadelphia Phillies season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2014 Philadelphia Phillies season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2015 Philadelphia Phillies season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2016 Philadelphia Phillies season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2017 Philadelphia Phillies season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2018 Philadelphia Phillies season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2019 Philadelphia Phillies season">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #003278 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #E81828, inset -2px -2px 0 #E81828; !important;;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2020 Philadelphia Phillies season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2021 Philadelphia Phillies season">2021</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2022_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2022 Philadelphia Phillies season">2022</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2023_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2023 Philadelphia Phillies season">2023</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2024_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2024 Philadelphia Phillies season">2024</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Philadelphia_Phillies_season" title="2025 Philadelphia Phillies season">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #003278 !important; 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color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;background-color: #092C5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #8FBCE6, inset -2px -2px 0 #8FBCE6; !important;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Template:Tampa Bay Rays"><abbr title="View this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Template talk:Tampa Bay Rays"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Tampa Bay Rays"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Tampa_Bay_Rays" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Tampa Bay Rays</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;"><div> <ul><li>Established in <b><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1998 Major League Baseball season"><span style="color:#092C5C">1998</span></a></b></li> <li>Formerly the <b>Tampa Bay Devil Rays</b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida"><span style="color:#092C5C">St. Petersburg, Florida</span></a> (<a href="/wiki/Baseball_in_the_Tampa_Bay_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball in the Tampa Bay area"><span style="color:#092C5C">Tampa Bay</span></a>)</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Tampa Bay Rays"><span style="color:#092C5C">Franchise</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays_all-time_roster" title="Tampa Bay Rays all-time roster">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_managers" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_owners_and_executives" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays owners and executives">Owners and executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_broadcasters" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays broadcasters">Broadcasters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays_Radio_Network" title="Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network">Radio Network</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays_award_winners_and_league_leaders" title="Tampa Bay Rays award winners and league leaders">Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_team_records" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays team records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starting pitchers">Opening Day starting pitchers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="History of the Tampa Bay Rays">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_in_the_Tampa_Bay_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball in the Tampa Bay area">Baseball in the Tampa Bay area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_seasons" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays seasons">Seasons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_expansion" title="1998 Major League Baseball expansion">Expansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_expansion_draft" title="1997 Major League Baseball expansion draft">Expansion draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tampa_Bay_Rays" title="Category:Tampa Bay Rays">All articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%">Ballparks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a></b> (damaged)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/George_M._Steinbrenner_Field" title="George M. Steinbrenner Field">George M. Steinbrenner Field</a></b> (temporary; 2025)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_Plant_Stadium" title="Gas Plant Stadium">Gas Plant Stadium</a> (proposed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ybor_Stadium" title="Ybor Stadium">Ybor Stadium</a> (proposed; abandoned)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rays_Ballpark" title="Rays Ballpark">Rays Ballpark</a> (proposed; abandoned)</li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Spring_training" title="Spring training">Spring training</a></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Al_Lang_Stadium" title="Al Lang Stadium">Al Lang Stadium</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Sports_Park" title="Charlotte Sports Park">Charlotte Sports Park</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_mascots#Raymond_(Tampa_Bay_Rays)" title="List of Major League Baseball mascots">Raymond</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rookie_(2002_film)" title="The Rookie (2002 film)">The Rookie</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Crippen" title="Dick Crippen">Dick Crippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Szasz" title="Robert Szasz">The Happy Heckler</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Defenders_of_the_Game" title="Defenders of the Game">Defenders of the Game</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowbell_(instrument)" title="Cowbell (instrument)">Cowbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opener_(baseball)" title="Opener (baseball)">Opening pitcher</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Rays#Team_slogans" title="Tampa Bay Rays">9=8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_wild_card_chase" title="2011 Major League Baseball wild card chase">2011 Major League Baseball wild card chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Wild_Card_tie-breaker_game" title="2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game">2013 AL Wild Card tie-breaker game</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rays%E2%80%93Red_Sox_rivalry" title="Rays–Red Sox rivalry">Boston Red Sox</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Sternberg" title="Stuart Sternberg">Stuart Sternberg</a></li> <li>President: <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Silverman" title="Matthew Silverman">Matthew Silverman</a> & <a href="/wiki/Brian_Auld" title="Brian Auld">Brian Auld</a></li> <li>President of Baseball Operations: <a href="/wiki/Erik_Neander" title="Erik Neander">Erik Neander</a></li> <li>General Manager: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bendix" title="Peter Bendix">Peter Bendix</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Cash" title="Kevin Cash">Kevin Cash</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%">American League pennants (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 American League Championship Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2020 American League Championship Series">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%">Division titles (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Division_Series" title="2008 American League Division Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_American_League_Division_Series" title="2010 American League Division Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2020 American League Wild Card Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Division_Series" title="2021 American League Division Series">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%">Wild-Card berths (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_American_League_Division_Series" title="2011 American League Division Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2013 American League Wild Card Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2019 American League Wild Card Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2022 American League Wild Card Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2023 American League Wild Card Series">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Zimmer" title="Don Zimmer">66</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#092C5C">Minor league<br />affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Durham_Bulls" title="Durham Bulls">Durham Bulls</a> (Triple-A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Biscuits" title="Montgomery Biscuits">Montgomery Biscuits</a> (Double-A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green_Hot_Rods" title="Bowling Green Hot Rods">Bowling Green Hot Rods</a> (High-A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleston_RiverDogs" title="Charleston RiverDogs">Charleston RiverDogs</a> (Single-A)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League_Rays" title="Florida Complex League Rays">FCL Rays</a> (Rookie)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Rays" title="Dominican Summer League Rays">DSL Rays 1</a> (Rookie)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Rays" title="Dominican Summer League Rays">DSL Rays 2</a> (Rookie)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;background-color: #092C5C !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #8FBCE6, inset -2px -2px 0 #8FBCE6; !important;"><div id="Seasons_(28)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (28)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · </span> <a href="/wiki/1998_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="1998 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="1999 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2000 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2001 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2003 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2005 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Tampa_Bay_Devil_Rays_season" title="2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season">2007</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2008_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2008 Tampa Bay Rays season">2008</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2009 Tampa Bay Rays season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 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title="2017 Tampa Bay Rays season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2018 Tampa Bay Rays season">2018</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2019_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2019 Tampa Bay Rays season">2019</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #8FBCE6 !important; color: #092C5C !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #092C5C, inset -2px -2px 0 #092C5C; !important;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/2020_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2020 Tampa Bay Rays season">2020</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2021_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2021 Tampa Bay Rays season">2021</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2022_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2022 Tampa Bay Rays season">2022</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2023_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2023 Tampa Bay Rays season">2023</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2024 Tampa Bay Rays season">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2025 Tampa Bay Rays season">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="MLB_on_Fox" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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Baseball season">2012</a>–present)</li> <li><i>The Cheap Seats</i> (<a href="/wiki/2010_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2010 Major League Baseball season">2010</a>–<a href="/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2011 Major League Baseball season">2011</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fox_Saturday_Baseball" title="Fox Saturday Baseball">Fox Saturday Baseball</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/1996_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1996 Major League Baseball season">1996</a>–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MLB_Whiparound" title="MLB Whiparound">MLB Whiparound</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Game_of_the_Week" title="Major League Baseball Game of the Week">Major League Baseball Game of the Week</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thursday_Night_Baseball" title="Thursday Night Baseball">Thursday Night Baseball</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1997 Major League Baseball season">1997</a>–<a href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2001 Major League Baseball season">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2019 Major League Baseball season">2019</a>–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Week_in_Baseball" title="This Week in Baseball">This Week in Baseball</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/2000_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2000 Major League Baseball season">2000</a>–<a href="/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2011 Major League Baseball season">2011</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MLB_Tuesday" title="MLB Tuesday">MLB Tuesday</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1997 Major League Baseball season">1997</a>–<a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1998 Major League Baseball season">1998</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DirecTV" title="DirecTV">DirecTV</a> <a href="/wiki/N3D" title="N3D">N3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FoxTrax" title="FoxTrax">FoxTrax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scooter_(talking_baseball)" title="Scooter (talking baseball)">Scooter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Score_bug" title="Score bug">Score bug</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television" title="Major League Baseball on television">Television contracts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_1990s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_2010s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_2020s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Network" title="MLB Network">MLB Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Series_television_ratings" title="World Series television ratings">World Series television ratings</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National<br />coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> (1996–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_on_FS1" title="MLB on FS1">FS1</a> (2014–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_2" title="Fox Sports 2">FS2</a> (2014–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Deportes" title="Fox Deportes">Fox Deportes</a> (2012–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_Fox_Family" title="Major League Baseball on Fox Family">Fox Family Channel</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_Fox_Sports_Networks" title="Major League Baseball on Fox Sports Networks">Fox Sports Net</a> (1997–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FX_(TV_channel)" title="FX (TV channel)">FX</a> (1997)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Networks" title="Fox Sports Networks">FSN</a><br />regional coverage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Arizona" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Sports Arizona">Arizona</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Arizona_Diamondbacks_broadcasters" title="List of Arizona Diamondbacks broadcasters">Arizona Diamondbacks</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports_Bay_Area" title="NBC Sports Bay Area">Bay Area</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Oakland_Athletics_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Oakland Athletics broadcasters">Oakland Athletics</a> & <a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Francisco_Giants_broadcasters" title="List of San Francisco Giants broadcasters">San Francisco Giants</a>; <i>1998–2007</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FSN_Chicago" class="mw-redirect" title="FSN Chicago">Chicago</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_Cubs_broadcasters" title="List of Chicago Cubs broadcasters">Chicago Cubs</a> & <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chicago_White_Sox_broadcasters" title="List of Chicago White Sox broadcasters">Chicago White Sox</a>, <i>1998–2006</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Detroit" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Detroit">Detroit</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_broadcasters" title="List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters">Detroit Tigers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Florida">Florida</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Miami_Marlins_broadcasters" title="List of Miami Marlins broadcasters">Miami Marlins</a> & <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_broadcasters" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays broadcasters">Tampa Bay Rays</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Houston" title="Fox Sports Houston">Houston</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Houston_Astros_broadcasters" title="List of Houston Astros broadcasters">Houston Astros</a>, <i>2009–2012</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Kansas_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Kansas City">Kansas City</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Kansas_City_Royals_broadcasters" title="List of Kansas City Royals broadcasters">Kansas City Royals</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Midwest" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Midwest">Midwest</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_St._Louis_Cardinals_broadcasters" title="List of St. Louis Cardinals broadcasters">St. Louis Cardinals</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSG_Sportsnet" title="MSG Sportsnet">New York</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_Mets_broadcasters" title="List of New York Mets broadcasters">New York Mets</a>, <i>1998–2005</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports North">North</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_Twins_broadcasters" title="List of Minnesota Twins broadcasters">Minnesota Twins</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Root_Sports_Northwest" title="Root Sports Northwest">FSN Northwest</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>; <i>2004–2011</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Ohio">Ohio</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Cincinnati_Reds_broadcasters" title="List of Cincinnati Reds broadcasters">Cincinnati Reds</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_SportsNet_Rocky_Mountain" title="AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain">Rocky Mountain</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Colorado_Rockies_broadcasters" title="List of Colorado Rockies broadcasters">Colorado Rockies</a>, <i>1997–2010</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_San_Diego" title="Bally Sports San Diego">San Diego</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_San_Diego_Padres_broadcasters" title="List of San Diego Padres broadcasters">San Diego Padres</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports South">South</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Atlanta_Braves_broadcasters" title="List of Atlanta Braves broadcasters">Atlanta Braves</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Southeast" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Southeast">Southeast</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Atlanta_Braves_broadcasters" title="List of Atlanta Braves broadcasters">Atlanta Braves</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Southwest" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Southwest">Southwest</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_Rangers_(baseball)_broadcasters" title="List of Texas Rangers (baseball) broadcasters">Texas Rangers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports West">West</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Los_Angeles_Angels_broadcasters" title="List of Los Angeles Angels broadcasters">Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Milwaukee_Brewers_broadcasters" title="List of Milwaukee Brewers broadcasters">Milwaukee Brewers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Sun" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Sun">Sun</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Miami_Marlins_broadcasters" title="List of Miami Marlins broadcasters">Miami Marlins</a> & <a href="/wiki/List_of_Tampa_Bay_Rays_broadcasters" title="List of Tampa Bay Rays broadcasters">Tampa Bay Rays</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Great_Lakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Great Lakes">SportsTime Ohio</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Cleveland_Indians_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Cleveland Indians broadcasters">Cleveland Indians</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/YES_Network" title="YES Network">YES Network</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_New_York_Yankees_broadcasters" title="List of New York Yankees broadcasters">New York Yankees</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_Fox_Television_Stations" title="Major League Baseball on Fox Television Stations">Fox/MyTV<br />O&O Stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>New York City: <a href="/wiki/WNYW" title="WNYW">WNYW 5</a> (Yankees, <i>1999–2001</i>), <a href="/wiki/WWOR-TV" title="WWOR-TV">WWOR 9</a> (N.Y. Giants, <i>1951–1957</i>; Brooklyn Dodgers, <i>1950–1957</i>; Mets, <i>1962–1998</i>; Yankees, <i>2005–2014</i>)</li> <li>Los Angeles: <a href="/wiki/KTTV" title="KTTV">KTTV 11</a> (Dodgers, <i>1958–1992</i>), <a href="/wiki/KCOP-TV" title="KCOP-TV">KCOP 13</a> (Dodgers, <i>2002–2005</i>; Angels, <i>2006–2012</i>)</li> <li>Chicago: <a href="/wiki/WFLD" title="WFLD">WFLD 32</a> (White Sox, <i>1968–1972</i>, <i>1982–1989</i>)</li> <li>Philadelphia: <a href="/wiki/WTXF-TV" title="WTXF-TV">WTXF 29</a> (Phillies, <i>1983–1989</i>)</li> <li>Dallas–Fort Worth: <a href="/wiki/KDFW" title="KDFW">KDFW 4</a> & <a href="/wiki/KDFI" title="KDFI">KDFI 27</a> (Texas Rangers, <i>2001–2009</i>)</li> <li>San Francisco–Oakland: <a href="/wiki/KTVU" title="KTVU">KTVU 2</a> (Giants, <i>1961–2007</i>; Athletics, <i>1973–1974</i>), <a href="/wiki/KICU-TV" title="KICU-TV">KICU 36</a> (Athletics, <i>1999–2008</i>)</li> <li>Boston: <a href="/wiki/WFXT" title="WFXT">WFXT 25</a> (Red Sox, <i>2000–2002</i>)</li> <li>Washington, D.C.: <a href="/wiki/WTTG" title="WTTG">WTTG 5</a> (Senators, <i>1948–1958</i>), <a href="/wiki/WDCA" title="WDCA">WDCA 20</a> (Nationals, <i>2005–2008</i>)</li> <li>Houston: <a href="/wiki/KRIV_(TV)" title="KRIV (TV)">KRIV 26</a> (Astros, <i>1979–1982</i>), <a href="/wiki/KTXH" title="KTXH">KTXH 20</a> (Astros, <i>1983–1997</i>, <i>2008–2012</i>)</li> <li>Detroit: <a href="/wiki/WJBK" title="WJBK">WJBK 2</a> (Tigers, <i>1953–1974</i>; <i>2007</i>)</li> <li>Minneapolis–Saint Paul: <a href="/wiki/KMSP-TV" title="KMSP-TV">KMSP 9</a> (Twins, <i>1979–1988</i>, <i>1998–2002</i>), <a href="/wiki/WFTC" title="WFTC">WFTC 29</a> (Twins, <i>1990–1992</i>, <i>2005–2010</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV history by decade</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_1990s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_2000s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_television_in_the_2010s" title="Major League Baseball on television in the 2010s">2010s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MLB_on_Fox_broadcasters" title="List of MLB on Fox broadcasters">Commentators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_Championship_Series_broadcasters" title="List of American League Championship Series broadcasters">ALCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_Division_Series_broadcasters" title="List of American League Division Series broadcasters">ALDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_Championship_Series_broadcasters" title="List of National League Championship Series broadcasters">NLCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_Division_Series_broadcasters" title="List of National League Division Series broadcasters">NLDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_broadcasters" title="List of World Series broadcasters">World Series</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_Game_of_the_Week_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball Game of the Week broadcasters">Game of the Week</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_prime_time_television_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball prime time television broadcasters">Prime time</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Major_League_Baseball_broadcasters" title="List of current Major League Baseball broadcasters">Play-by-play</a><br />announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Albert" title="Kenny Albert">Kenny Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Amin" title="Adam Amin">Adam Amin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Benetti" title="Jason Benetti">Jason Benetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Davis_(sportscaster)" title="Joe Davis (sportscaster)">Joe Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Faust" title="Alex Faust">Alex Faust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Gaudin" title="Brandon Gaudin">Brandon Gaudin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Kasper" title="Len Kasper">Len Kasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kugler" title="Kevin Kugler">Kevin Kugler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Levering" title="Jeff Levering">Jeff Levering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Orsillo" title="Don Orsillo">Don Orsillo</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Former_play-by-playannouncers" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former play-by-play<br />announcers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thom_Brennaman" title="Thom Brennaman">Thom Brennaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Buck" title="Joe Buck">Joe Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_David" title="Howard David">Howard David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Goldsmith" title="Aaron Goldsmith">Aaron Goldsmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Graham" title="Scott Graham">Scott Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Impemba" title="Mario Impemba">Mario Impemba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Joy" title="Mike Joy">Mike Joy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Kutcher" title="Justin Kutcher">Justin Kutcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Lewin" title="Josh Lewin">Josh Lewin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(sportscaster)" title="Tom McCarthy (sportscaster)">Tom McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_McLaughlin" title="Dan McLaughlin">Dan McLaughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Physioc" title="Steve Physioc">Steve Physioc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Proctor" title="Mel Proctor">Mel Proctor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rooney_(sportscaster)" title="John Rooney (sportscaster)">John Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Sims" title="Dave Sims">Dave Sims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stockton" title="Dick Stockton">Dick Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daron_Sutton" title="Daron Sutton">Daron Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Thorne" title="Gary Thorne">Gary Thorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Vasgersian" title="Matt Vasgersian">Matt Vasgersian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Waltz" title="Rich Waltz">Rich Waltz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Karros" title="Eric Karros">Eric Karros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._Pierzynski" title="A. J. Pierzynski">A. J. Pierzynski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smoltz" title="John Smoltz">John Smoltz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Verducci" title="Tom Verducci">Tom Verducci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Wainwright" title="Adam Wainwright">Adam Wainwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dontrelle_Willis" title="Dontrelle Willis">Dontrelle Willis</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Former_colorcommentators" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former color<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Allen" title="Rod Allen">Rod Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Blyleven" title="Bert Blyleven">Bert Blyleven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Brenly" title="Bob Brenly">Bob Brenly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Deshaies" title="Jim Deshaies">Jim Deshaies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Floyd" title="Cliff Floyd">Cliff Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Girardi" title="Joe Girardi">Joe Girardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Grace" title="Mark Grace">Mark Grace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Grieve" title="Tom Grieve">Tom Grieve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Gubicza" title="Mark Gubicza">Mark Gubicza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Hudler" title="Rex Hudler">Rex Hudler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Hutton" title="Tommy Hutton">Tommy Hutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Lyons_(baseball)" title="Steve Lyons (baseball)">Steve Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Manning" title="Rick Manning">Rick Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_McCarver" title="Tim McCarver">Tim McCarver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mota_(baseball)" title="José Mota (baseball)">José Mota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Remy" title="Jerry Remy">Jerry Remy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Reynolds" title="Harold Reynolds">Harold Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F._P._Santangelo" title="F. P. Santangelo">F. P. Santangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Singleton" title="Ken Singleton">Ken Singleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Torborg" title="Jeff Torborg">Jeff Torborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Welsh" title="Chris Welsh">Chris Welsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Guest<br />commentators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Boone" title="Bret Boone">Bret Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cone" title="David Cone">David Cone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Francona" title="Terry Francona">Terry Francona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Gonzalez_(outfielder,_born_1967)" title="Luis Gonzalez (outfielder, born 1967)">Luis Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Guill%C3%A9n" title="Ozzie Guillén">Ozzie Guillén</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Leiter" title="Al Leiter">Al Leiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._Pierzynski" title="A. J. Pierzynski">A. J. Pierzynski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Piniella" title="Lou Piniella">Lou Piniella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Swisher" title="Nick Swisher">Nick Swisher</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Field reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Morosi" title="Jon Morosi">Jon Morosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rinaldi" title="Tom Rinaldi">Tom Rinaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Rosenthal" title="Ken Rosenthal">Ken Rosenthal</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Former_field_reporters" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former field reporters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erin_Andrews" title="Erin Andrews">Erin Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Menefee" title="Curt Menefee">Curt Menefee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Myers" title="Chris Myers">Chris Myers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pam_Oliver" title="Pam Oliver">Pam Oliver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Phelps" title="Jeff Phelps">Jeff Phelps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Burkhardt" title="Kevin Burkhardt">Kevin Burkhardt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hill_(sportscaster)" title="Mike Hill (sportscaster)">Mike Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Myers" title="Chris Myers">Chris Myers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Taft" title="Jenny Taft">Jenny Taft</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Former_studio_hosts" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former studio hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Amsinger" title="Greg Amsinger">Greg Amsinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="James Brown (sportscaster)">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chip_Caray" title="Chip Caray">Chip Caray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Kenny_(sportscaster)" title="Brian Kenny (sportscaster)">Brian Kenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Olbermann" title="Keith Olbermann">Keith Olbermann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Neal_(sportscaster)" title="Patrick O'Neal (sportscaster)">Patrick O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Rose" title="Chris Rose">Chris Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Stone_(sportscaster)" title="Rob Stone (sportscaster)">Rob Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Zelasko" title="Jeanne Zelasko">Jeanne Zelasko</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio<br />analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Collins" title="Terry Collins">Terry Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Karros" title="Eric Karros">Eric Karros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._J._Pierzynski" title="A. J. Pierzynski">A. J. Pierzynski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Sweeney" title="Mark Sweeney">Mark Sweeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Swisher" title="Nick Swisher">Nick Swisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dontrelle_Willis" title="Dontrelle Willis">Dontrelle Willis</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Former_studioanalysts" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former studio<br />analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Byrnes" title="Eric Byrnes">Eric Byrnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Hernandez" title="Keith Hernandez">Keith Hernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Iba%C3%B1ez" title="Raúl Ibañez">Raúl Ibañez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Kapler" title="Gabe Kapler">Gabe Kapler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kennedy_(baseball)" title="Kevin Kennedy (baseball)">Kevin Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Lyons_(baseball)" title="Steve Lyons (baseball)">Steve Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Millar" title="Kevin Millar">Kevin Millar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._J._Nitkowski" title="C. J. Nitkowski">C. J. Nitkowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Plesac" title="Dan Plesac">Dan Plesac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Ripken" title="Billy Ripken">Billy Ripken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Frank Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Williams" title="Mitch Williams">Mitch Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Winfield" title="Dave Winfield">Dave Winfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regular season</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_home_run_record_chase" title="1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase">1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Humber%27s_perfect_game" title="Philip Humber's perfect game">Philip Humber's perfect game</a> (<a href="/wiki/2012_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2012 Chicago White Sox season">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_London_Series" title="MLB London Series">London Series</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_MLB_London_Series" title="2019 MLB London Series">2019</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_at_Field_of_Dreams" title="MLB at Field of Dreams">MLB at Field of Dreams</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2021 Major League Baseball season">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_at_Rickwood_Field" title="MLB at Rickwood Field">MLB at Rickwood Field</a> (<a href="/wiki/2024_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2024 Major League Baseball season">2024</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_the_Bambino" title="Curse of the Bambino">Curse of the Bambino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yankees%E2%80%93Red_Sox_rivalry" title="Yankees–Red Sox rivalry">Yankees–Red Sox rivalry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Postseason games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_American_League_Division_Series" title="2001 American League Division Series">The Flip Play</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2001 New York Yankees season">2001</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident" title="Steve Bartman incident">Steve Bartman</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2003 Chicago Cubs season">2003</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Division_Series" title="2015 American League Division Series">The 53-Minute 7th Inning</a> (<a href="/wiki/2015_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="2015 Toronto Blue Jays season">2015</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2016 National League Championship Series">Chicago Cubs end the Billy Goat curse (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Division_Series" title="2015 American League Division Series">José Bautista's bat flip</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Series games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_World_Series" title="2001 World Series">The last night of the New York Yankees dynasty (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Freese%27s_2011_World_Series_home_run" class="mw-redirect" title="David Freese's 2011 World Series home run">Game 6 of the 2011 World Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Series" title="2013 World Series">Walk-off obstruction (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">Game 5 of the 2017 World Series (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_sign_stealing_scandal" title="Houston Astros sign stealing scandal">Houston Astros sign stealing scandal</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_World_Series" title="1996 World Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_World_Series" title="1998 World Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_World_Series" title="2000 World Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_World_Series" title="2001 World Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_World_Series" title="2002 World Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_World_Series" title="2003 World Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_World_Series" title="2004 World Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_World_Series" title="2005 World Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_World_Series" title="2006 World Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">2007</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_World_Series" title="2009 World Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_World_Series" title="2010 World Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_World_Series" title="2011 World Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_World_Series" title="2012 World Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Series" title="2013 World Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_World_Series" title="2016 World Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_World_Series" title="2018 World Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_World_Series" title="2019 World Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_World_Series" title="2020 World Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_World_Series" title="2021 World Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_World_Series" title="2023 World Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_World_Series" title="2024 World Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Championship Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1997 American League Championship Series">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1999 American League Championship Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2001 American League Championship Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2002 American League Championship Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2003 American League Championship Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2004 American League Championship Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2005 American League Championship Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2006 American League Championship Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2007 American League Championship Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2009 American League Championship Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2011 American League Championship Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2013 American League Championship Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2015 American League Championship Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2017 American League Championship Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2019 American League Championship Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2021 American League Championship Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2023 American League Championship Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2024 American League Championship Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Championship Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1996 National League Championship Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1998 National League Championship Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2000 National League Championship Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2001 National League Championship Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2002 National League Championship Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2003 National League Championship Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2004 National League Championship Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2005 National League Championship Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2006 National League Championship Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 National League Championship Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2010 National League Championship Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2012 National League Championship Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 National League Championship Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2016 National League Championship Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2018 National League Championship Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2020 National League Championship Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2022 National League Championship Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2024 National League Championship Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Division Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_American_League_Division_Series" title="1996 American League Division Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_American_League_Division_Series" title="1997 American League Division Series">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_American_League_Division_Series" title="1999 American League Division Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_American_League_Division_Series" title="2000 American League Division Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_American_League_Division_Series" title="2001 American League Division Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_American_League_Division_Series" title="2002 American League Division Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_American_League_Division_Series" title="2003 American League Division Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_American_League_Division_Series" title="2004 American League Division Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_American_League_Division_Series" title="2005 American League Division Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_American_League_Division_Series" title="2006 American League Division Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Division_Series" title="2015 American League Division Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Division_Series" title="2017 American League Division Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Division_Series" title="2019 American League Division Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Division_Series" title="2021 American League Division Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Division_Series" title="2023 American League Division Series">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Division Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_National_League_Division_Series" title="1996 National League Division Series">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_National_League_Division_Series" title="1998 National League Division Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_National_League_Division_Series" title="2000 National League Division Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_National_League_Division_Series" title="2001 National League Division Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_National_League_Division_Series" title="2002 National League Division Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_League_Division_Series" title="2003 National League Division Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_National_League_Division_Series" title="2004 National League Division Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Division_Series" title="2005 National League Division Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_National_League_Division_Series" title="2006 National League Division Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Division_Series" title="2014 National League Division Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_League_Division_Series" title="2016 National League Division Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_League_Division_Series" title="2018 National League Division Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_National_League_Division_Series" title="2020 National League Division Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_League_Division_Series" title="2022 National League Division Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_National_League_Division_Series" title="2024 National League Division Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All-Star Game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2019</a></li> <li><s><a href="/wiki/2020_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2020 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2020</a></s></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2023 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Baseball Classic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023_World_Baseball_Classic" title="2023 World Baseball Classic">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Major_League_Baseball_on_ESPN_Radio" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_on_ESPN_Radio" title="Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio">Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio</a></i></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Major_League_Baseball_broadcasters" title="List of current Major League Baseball broadcasters">Play-by-play</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Steiner" title="Charley Steiner">Charley Steiner</a> (1998–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Miller" title="Jon Miller">Jon Miller</a> (1998–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Shulman" title="Dan Shulman">Dan Shulman</a> (2002–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Thorne" title="Gary Thorne">Gary Thorne</a> (2008–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Sciambi" title="Jon Sciambi">Jon Sciambi</a> (2010–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Analysts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Kennedy_(baseball)" title="Kevin Kennedy (baseball)">Kevin Kennedy</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Campbell_(infielder)" title="Dave Campbell (infielder)">Dave Campbell</a> (1999–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Singleton_(baseball)" title="Chris Singleton (baseball)">Chris Singleton</a> (2011–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Glanville" title="Doug Glanville">Doug Glanville</a> (2022–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio hosts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_D%27Ambrosio" title="Joe D'Ambrosio">Joe D'Ambrosio</a> (1998–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Radio" title="ESPN Radio">Marc Kestecher</a> (2008–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Championship Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1998 American League Championship Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1999 American League Championship Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2000 American League Championship Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2001 American League Championship Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2002 American League Championship Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2003 American League Championship Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2004 American League Championship Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2005 American League Championship Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2006 American League Championship Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2007 American League Championship Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 American League Championship Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2009 American League Championship Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2010 American League Championship Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2011 American League Championship Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2012 American League Championship Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2013 American League Championship Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 American League Championship Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2015 American League Championship Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2016 American League Championship Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2017 American League Championship Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2018 American League Championship Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2019 American League Championship Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2020 American League Championship Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2021 American League Championship Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2022 American League Championship Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2023 American League Championship Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2024 American League Championship Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Championship Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1998 National League Championship Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_League_Championship_Series" title="1999 National League Championship Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2000 National League Championship Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2001 National League Championship Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2002 National League Championship Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2003 National League Championship Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2004 National League Championship Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2005 National League Championship Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2006 National League Championship Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2007 National League Championship Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2008 National League Championship Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2009 National League Championship Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2010 National League Championship Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2011 National League Championship Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2012 National League Championship Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2013 National League Championship Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 National League Championship Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2015 National League Championship Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2016 National League Championship Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2017 National League Championship Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2018 National League Championship Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2019 National League Championship Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2020 National League Championship Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2021 National League Championship Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2022 National League Championship Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2023 National League Championship Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2024 National League Championship Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Division Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_American_League_Division_Series" title="1998 American League Division Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_American_League_Division_Series" title="1999 American League Division Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_American_League_Division_Series" title="2000 American League Division Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_American_League_Division_Series" title="2001 American League Division Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_American_League_Division_Series" title="2002 American League Division Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_American_League_Division_Series" title="2003 American League Division Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_American_League_Division_Series" title="2004 American League Division Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_American_League_Division_Series" title="2005 American League Division Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_American_League_Division_Series" title="2006 American League Division Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_American_League_Division_Series" title="2007 American League Division Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Division_Series" title="2008 American League Division Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_American_League_Division_Series" title="2009 American League Division Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_American_League_Division_Series" title="2010 American League Division Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_American_League_Division_Series" title="2011 American League Division Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_League_Division_Series" title="2012 American League Division Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Division_Series" title="2013 American League Division Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Division_Series" title="2014 American League Division Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Division_Series" title="2015 American League Division Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_American_League_Division_Series" title="2016 American League Division Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Division_Series" title="2017 American League Division Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Division_Series" title="2018 American League Division Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Division_Series" title="2019 American League Division Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_American_League_Division_Series" title="2020 American League Division Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Division_Series" title="2021 American League Division Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Division_Series" title="2022 American League Division Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Division_Series" title="2023 American League Division Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_American_League_Division_Series" title="2024 American League Division Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Division Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_National_League_Division_Series" title="1998 National League Division Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_League_Division_Series" title="1999 National League Division Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_National_League_Division_Series" title="2000 National League Division Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_National_League_Division_Series" title="2001 National League Division Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_National_League_Division_Series" title="2002 National League Division Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_League_Division_Series" title="2003 National League Division Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_National_League_Division_Series" title="2004 National League Division Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_National_League_Division_Series" title="2005 National League Division Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_National_League_Division_Series" title="2006 National League Division Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_League_Division_Series" title="2007 National League Division Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_National_League_Division_Series" title="2008 National League Division Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_National_League_Division_Series" title="2009 National League Division Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_National_League_Division_Series" title="2010 National League Division Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_League_Division_Series" title="2011 National League Division Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_National_League_Division_Series" title="2012 National League Division Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_National_League_Division_Series" title="2013 National League Division Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Division_Series" title="2014 National League Division Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_National_League_Division_Series" title="2015 National League Division Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_League_Division_Series" title="2016 National League Division Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_National_League_Division_Series" title="2017 National League Division Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_League_Division_Series" title="2018 National League Division Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_National_League_Division_Series" title="2019 National League Division Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_National_League_Division_Series" title="2020 National League Division Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_National_League_Division_Series" title="2021 National League Division Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_League_Division_Series" title="2022 National League Division Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_National_League_Division_Series" title="2023 National League Division Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_National_League_Division_Series" title="2024 National League Division Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">AL Wild Card Round</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2012 American League Wild Card Game">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2013 American League Wild Card Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2014 American League Wild Card Game">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2015 American League Wild Card Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2016 American League Wild Card Game">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2017 American League Wild Card Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2018 American League Wild Card Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2019 American League Wild Card Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2020 American League Wild Card Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2021 American League Wild Card Game">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2022 American League Wild Card Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2023 American League Wild Card Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_American_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2024 American League Wild Card Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NL Wild Card Round</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2012 National League Wild Card Game">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2013 National League Wild Card Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2014 National League Wild Card Game">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2015 National League Wild Card Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2016 National League Wild Card Game">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2017 National League Wild Card Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2018 National League Wild Card Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2019 National League Wild Card Game">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_National_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2020 National League Wild Card Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2021 National League Wild Card Game">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_National_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2022 National League Wild Card Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_National_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2023 National League Wild Card Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_National_League_Wild_Card_Series" title="2024 National League Wild Card Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All-Star Game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2019</a></li> <li><s><a href="/wiki/2020_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2020 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2020</a></s></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2023 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_World_Series" title="1998 World Series">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_World_Series" title="1999 World Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_World_Series" title="2000 World Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_World_Series" title="2001 World Series">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_World_Series" title="2002 World Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_World_Series" title="2003 World Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_World_Series" title="2004 World Series">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_World_Series" title="2005 World Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_World_Series" title="2006 World Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_World_Series" title="2007 World Series">2007</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_World_Series" title="2009 World Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_World_Series" title="2010 World Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_World_Series" title="2011 World Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_World_Series" title="2012 World Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Series" title="2013 World Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_World_Series" title="2015 World Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_World_Series" title="2016 World Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Series" title="2017 World Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_World_Series" title="2018 World Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_World_Series" title="2019 World Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_World_Series" title="2020 World Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_World_Series" title="2021 World Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_World_Series" title="2023 World Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_World_Series" title="2024 World Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Baseball Classic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Baseball_Classic" title="2017 World Baseball Classic">2017</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related programs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/ESPN_Major_League_Baseball" title="ESPN Major League Baseball">ESPN Major League Baseball</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Game_of_the_Week" title="Major League Baseball Game of the Week">Major League Baseball Game of the Week</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Night_Baseball" title="Sunday Night Baseball">Sunday Night Baseball</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_on_ESPN_Radio_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio broadcasters">Commentators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game broadcasters">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_Wild_Card_Round_broadcasters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Major League Baseball Wild Card Round broadcasters">Wild Card Round</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_Championship_Series_broadcasters" title="List of American League Championship Series broadcasters">ALCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_League_Division_Series_broadcasters" title="List of American League Division Series broadcasters">ALDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_Championship_Series_broadcasters" title="List of National League Championship Series broadcasters">NLCS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_League_Division_Series_broadcasters" title="List of National League Division Series broadcasters">NLDS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Series_broadcasters" title="List of World Series broadcasters">World Series</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_Game_of_the_Week_broadcasters" title="List of Major League Baseball Game of the Week broadcasters">Game of the Week</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Major_League_Baseball_home_run_record_chase" title="1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase">1998 MLB home run record chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Slam_Single" title="Grand Slam Single">Grand Slam Single</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Osama_bin_Laden" title="Killing of Osama bin Laden">Killing of Osama bin Laden</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Bragg_Game" title="Fort Bragg Game">Fort Bragg Game</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_London_Series" title="MLB London Series">London Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_at_Field_of_Dreams" title="MLB at Field of Dreams">MLB at Field of Dreams</a> (2021)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tie-breaker games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_National_League_Wild_Card_tie-breaker_game" title="1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game">1998 NL Wild Card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_League_Wild_Card_tie-breaker_game" title="1999 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game">1999 NL Wild Card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_League_Wild_Card_tie-breaker_game" title="2007 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game">2007 NL Wild Card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_American_League_Central_tie-breaker_game" title="2008 American League Central tie-breaker game">2008 AL Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_American_League_Central_tie-breaker_game" title="2009 American League Central tie-breaker game">2009 AL Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_American_League_Wild_Card_tie-breaker_game" title="2013 American League Wild Card tie-breaker game">2013 AL Wild Card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_League_Central_tie-breaker_game" title="2018 National League Central tie-breaker game">2018 NL Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_National_League_West_tie-breaker_game" title="2018 National League West tie-breaker game">2018 NL West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Divisional Series games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_American_League_Division_Series" title="2001 American League Division Series">The Flip Play</a> (2001)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/2007_American_League_Division_Series" title="2007 American League Division Series">The Bug Game</a>" (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Roy Halladay's postseason no-hitter</a> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/2015_National_League_Division_Series" title="2015 National League Division Series">The Illegal Slide Game</a>" (2015)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/2015_American_League_Division_Series" title="2015 American League Division Series">The 53-Minute 7th Inning</a>" (2015) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bautista%27s_bat_flip" class="mw-redirect" title="José Bautista's bat flip">José Bautista's bat flip</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">League Championship Series games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2016 National League Championship Series">End of the Curse of the Billy Goat</a> (2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World Series games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_World_Series" title="2001 World Series">The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Freese%27s_2011_World_Series_home_run" class="mw-redirect" title="David Freese's 2011 World Series home run">Game 6 of the 2011 World Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Series" title="2013 World Series">Walk-off Obstruction</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros_sign_stealing_scandal" title="Houston Astros sign stealing scandal">Houston Astros sign stealing scandal</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_World_Series" title="2022 World Series">Astros' combined World Series no-hitter</a> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident" title="Steve Bartman incident">Steve Bartman</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_Chicago_Cubs_season" title="2003 Chicago Cubs season">2003</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_the_Billy_Goat" title="Curse of the Billy Goat">Curse of the Billy Goat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Guardians" title="Cleveland Guardians">Cleveland Guardians</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_World_Series" title="2016 World Series">The Rain Delay</a> (<a href="/wiki/2016_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2016 Cleveland Indians season">2016</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curse_of_Rocky_Colavito" title="Curse of Rocky Colavito">Curse of Rocky Colavito</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">Final game at Yankee Stadium</a> (<a href="/wiki/2008_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2008 New York Yankees season">2008</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yankees%E2%80%93Red_Sox_rivalry" title="Yankees–Red Sox 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