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I love these Phils but the run they had from 1976-1983 is still the best period of the franchise's existence, imho. This team had a chance to do something similar and kept coming up a game short of the postseason year after year. At this point they're getting old enough that I don't think they have much of a chance of keeping it going long-term.
Amazingly, while this year they put together the best record they've had with the current team, 2009 ranks 14th in franchise history for win/loss % (and 5th since WWII, behind 2 Schmidt teams, the 93 team, and the Whiz kids).
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-- Henry Waxman
Last edited by Jason Moyer; 10-20-2009 at 10:38 AM.
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