The World Series has returned to Philadelphia for the first time since 2009. The City of Brotherly Love, no surprise, has embraced it with a passion that borders on bonkers.
“Phillies fans have been Phillies fans for as long as their family lineage goes back. Baseball is in their blood,” said former reliever Brad Lidge, who won a World Series ring with the Phillies in 2008 but then lost to the Yankees in the 2009 series.Lidge, a graduate of Cherry Creek High School who spent 11 seasons in the majors, was an All-Star for both the Astros and the Phillies . In 39 postseason games, he posted a 2.18 ERA and racked up 18 saves.
“I’ll always root for the Astros, but in this particular World Series, I’ll be cheering for the Phillies,” Lidge said. “It’s tricky, but you can’t be a politician all of the time and I’ll flat-out say that I’m cheering for the Phillies.” He has fond memories of his days in Houston, where he pitched in the postseason in 2004 and ’05, including in the World Series in 2005 when the Astros — then a National League team — lost to the White Sox.
This season, Philadelphia was an 87-win team that shocked the baseball world by barely qualifying for the playoffs as a wild-card team and then advancing to the World Series. When that happened, more than 1 million fans entered a ticket lottery on the team website for the opportunity to purchase tickets. Approximately 20,000 tickets were available to the public — total — for the Phillies’ three home games at 43,500-seat Citizens Bank Park.
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