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A long, long wait for Philly sports fans has finally ended with the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in game 5 of the World Series. Winning the series 4-1.

The 25 years that the Philly fans and players(baseball players) have waited ended on a 0-2 strikeout by Brad Lidge in the top of the 9th inning and then the celebration was on. Lidge dropped to his knees as Philly after Philly jumped on top of him.As dominate as Lidge was in the post season going 7 for 7 in save opportunities and having a .98 ERA he would not be the MVP of the World Series that title would go to none other than Cole Hamels.

Not only did he win the MVP for the World Series he was also the MVP of the NLCS. No doubt in my mind that it should have went to no one else other than him. He went 4-0 in the playoffs and had under a 2 ERA.Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that the Philadelphia Phillies would beat the Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series.

A very unlikely series turned into the dream for both teams. The Phillies finally get their championship that they’ve waited so long for and the Rays, a team that wasn’t supposed to make it this far, to win their division, beat the Red Sox in a game seven of the ALCS made it. Though they may have not won the ultimate prize they exceeded all expectations and have gained the confidence that they needed to know that they can play with the best and can make it this far. A young team that I’m sure we will see again very, very soon.

As for the Phillies they got what they wanted, to be World Series Champions and the rest is history.

The Tampa Bay Rays are down 3-1 in the World Series and standing at the bottom of the mountain looking up. They let game 3 slip away and wasn’t even close in game 4. This team that has been showing us all something all year has showed us nothing so far in the World Series and now there down to 3 must win games in order to be World Champions.

With Ryan Howard waking up in game 3 and being wide awake in game 4 the Phillies are looking like they are going to run away with this series only needing one more game to seal the deal. Now they go to game 5 putting their best pitcher on the mound, Cole Hamels. He is 4-0 so far in the post season and looking to make it 5-0. What better situation could the Phillies ask for?

As for the Rays they are in desperate need for their bats to wake up and get things going. A time that has hit 25 homeruns this post season is not showing that so far in the 4 games they have played against the Phillies and if they want to win it needs to happen and happen now.

This will be a huge game for Scott Kazmir who will start for the Rays in game 5 of the World Series. He needs to keep the Phillies bats at bay and hope that the Rays can give him some runs support. As for the Rays hitting they need to do what they did to the Red Sox and jump on the pitcher early in the game. Cole Hamels is not a pitcher that that easy to do to, but they are going to have to find a way in order to win this game and force a game 6.

This series is looking all but over, but crazier things have happened. Can the Phillies hold on and win the World Series tonight or will the Rays surprise us again and force another game?