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The Philadelphia Phillies are a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based professional baseball team and are also a member of the East division of MLB’s National League. Philadelphia Phillies tickets are certainly on every devoted baseball fan’s season tickets shopping list. Like any other franchise, the team has been through tough times as well. They started playing in the National League in 1883 and did not win a single pennant until 1915. Even then, they did not win their second pennant until 1950. Fans with Philadelphia Phillies tickets were pleased when the Phillies won the prestigious World Series championship in 1989, beating Kansas City. They won the World Series again in 2008 and have also won six National League Pennants.
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About The Philadelphia Phillies
The Phillies were founded in 1883 but didn’t win their first pennant until 1915. That win was thanks to the pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the great batting skills of Gavvy Cravath. Philadelphia Phillies tickets were not so hot in the beginning due to poor financial management. After the team’s appearance in the 1915 World Series, the Phillies sunk into total obscurity from 1918 to 1948 – they had only one winning season. Although Phillies tickets weren’t very popular, Chuck Klein won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1932 and the National League Triple Crown in 1933. Despite this, the team still struggled at the bottom of the standings for quite some time.
In 1943 the team began a quick rise to in the National League, as the team rose out of the standings cellar for the first in five years. Baseball fans responded by buying Philadelphia Phillies tickets. However, it was later revealed that the owner of the team at that time - William B. Cox - was betting on the Phillies and he was immediately banned from baseball.
The sale of Philadelphia Phillies tickets began to pick up when, in 1950 season, the team clinched another pennant with a home run by Dick Sisler, leading the team over the Dodgers and into the World Series. The Phillies became quite popular and this led to a dramatic increase in the sales of Philadelphia Phillies tickets. The team was so popular that their popularity drove the Athletics out of town into Kansas City and eventually to Oakland.
After the departure of the “Whiz Kids” (a lineup of young players who were developed by the Phillies’ farm system, including future Hall of Famers Robin Roberts and Richie Asburn), the team slowly sank back to mediocrity. Their poor performance did not make the ticket holders happy, but the fans knew that the Phillies would pull through. After a run of three straight division titles, the team won the National League East in 1980 with the help of pitcher Steve Carlton, outfielder Greg Luzinski and infielders Larry Bowa, Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose. In a very memorable National League Championship Series (NLCS), with four or five games that required extra innings, the Phillies fell behind 2 – 1. However, they fought hard and squeezed past Houston on a tenth-inning game-winning hit by centerfielder Garry Maddox - the team celebrated their first pennant in 30 years. This win made Philadelphia Phillies ticket holding fans ecstatic.
The team also won their first World Series championship in 1980 in six games thanks to accurate hitting of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose. During the 1980 season, Schmidt was the National League MVP and also won the World Series MVP award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (.381 average). Devoted fans kept on buying Philadelphia Phillies tickets in order to show their support for the team. The Phillies are the current defending champions of the 2008 pennant.
The Philadelphia Phillies’ tickets are definitely the hottest tickets in town and many fans are hopping that the Phillies will continue to win their games with great players like Ryan Howard and Cliff Lee on the roster. The team sure stands a chance to win another championship.
