Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Philadelphia Phillies

The Philadelphia Phillies are the oldest continuous franchise in all of American professional sports. The Phillies were established in the National League as the Philadelphia Quakers in 1883. The storied and often maligned baseball franchise ended a 97-year World Series championship drought by defeating the Kansas City Royals in 1980 to win its first World Series.
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