Home U.S. Arts & Entertainment Autos Books Fashion Food & Drink Sports Travel WSJ. News & Trends Career Strategies Journal Women Office Life EXECUTIVE M.B.A. The Chicago Cubs may have the longest World Series drought in Major League Baseball (100 years and counting after the Cubs were swept out of the first round of this fall’s playoffs). But at least the Cubs won twice in a row before going dark. Now the Phillies are one step away from the second championship in franchise history, after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1, to clinch the NLCS in five games. Cole Hamels isn’t yet Grover Cleveland Alexander, the pitching star of the 1915 Phillies, but the 24-year-old lefty who grew up rooting for the Dogers has been a postseason ace. He’s won all three starts, yielding just three runs in 22 innings; Alexander never won three straight playoff games, nor had any other Phillies pitcher in history. “He isn’t afraid to say he wants to win World Series games...
Originally from: http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2008/10/16/complete-phillies-defy-ramirez-team-history-to-reach-world-series/