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Phillies Back To The World Series

Posted On: Fri Oct 23, 09 11:26 AM

PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Pedro Martinez broke out the first bottle of champagne, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth puffed on victory cigars, and beer flew everywhere.

Celebrations are becoming a tradition for the Philadelphia Phillies. It doesn’t get old.

“We won the World Series last year, but we want to win it again,” pitcher Cole Hamels said. “We’ve done everything right to get there. We want to go to the next level.”

The defending champs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the NL championship series Wednesday for their second straight pennant, the first team to do that since the New York Yankees in 2000-01.

The Phillies, who beat Tampa Bay in last year’s World Series, are trying to become the NL’s first repeat champion since the Cincinnati Reds in 1975-76. The Yankees were the last team to win consecutive titles when they captured three in a row from 1998-00.

While they enjoyed the party after eliminating Manny Ramirez & Co. in the NLCS for the second straight year, there’s still some work to do.


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