Talk:2008 World Series

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Shouldn't there be something on the parade, or post-game celebrations? There were millions of people in the city. Surely that should be in an encyclopedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.79.140.45 (talk) 15:49, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * If you have reliable sources that show enough information to write a section, go for it. Otherwise, without sources, it's a no-go. KV5  ( Talk  •  Phils ) 15:58, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * In terms of the post-game celebrations and parade, I read in The Philadelphia Inquirer that the Phillies World Series win triggered the largest celebration in Philadelphia sports history since the Flyers won the 1974 Stanley Cup Finals. In 2010, the Philadelphia Daily News said that the Phillies World Series win as the greatest moment in the history of Philadelphia sports. In the years to come, a generation of Philadelphia sports fans will view this Phillies World Series win as their generation's 1974. Some of the sources include: Quote: Some in the news media guessed two million, about the same number long tied to Flyers parades in '74 and '75, and more than the current population of Philly. Title: A party for, oh, 2 million of their closest friends. Date: November 1, 2008 Author: Derrick Nunnally Newspaper: Philadelphia Inquirer, Page: F2. Also, Quote: In the annals of Philadelphia sports parades, the biggest crowd turned out for the 1974 celebration of the Flyers' Stanley Cup. More than two million fans flocked to Broad Street. Title: Parade for the Champs; Noon High: Million-plus expected at celebration. Title: October 31, 2008 Authors: Jennifer, Lin, Allison Steele and Dwight Ott. Newspaper: Philadelphia Inquirer. Page: A1 From the Philadelphia Daily News Title: Fans pick 2008 World Series as top Philadelphia sports moment, Date: May 6, 2010, Author: Mark Kram, Newspaper: Philadelphia Daily News. Also coverage of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals on both NBC and the CBC, as it involved the Flyers. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 17:42, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The sources look fine for the baseball stuff, but leave hockey out of this article, as it's unrelated. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  17:59, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Even though I had given some suggestions about the section about the post-game celebrations, parade, aftermath, let's leave it out for now and wait for others to give their thoughts. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 21:30, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Since others have not given their thoughts, I'm going to add the information in. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 13:45, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * As long as you're not adding hockey info. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  15:13, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Harry Kalas
Although Harry's son, Todd called the Series with the Tampa Bay Rays broadcast team and I have the source for it, let's not add it at this time, although this series featured both father and son called the series for different teams. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 02:53, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Curse
I saw in an earlier discussion that someone should add a blurb about Penn's curse. Let's not add it at this time. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 14:21, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The only thing about the Curse, I've said is this: In winning the World Series, the Phillies brought the city of Philadelphia a championship after 25 years. -- SNIyer12, (talk), 16:40, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Delayed Rain Delay
The commissioner instructed the umpires not to call the due to rain when the Phillies were winning to prevent World Series from being decided by a rain shortened game. Causing the game to be played in terrible conditions until the Rays scored because of those conditions. This article talks about the commissioners office being in control but if that was true why did the rules have to be changed in the off season? If he was in control he could have suspended the game when conditions warranted that about an inning or two early with the Phillies leading and Hamels in line for the record setting amount of post seasons wins rather then making the poor decision of not suspending the game because the rule book said it would be over.

The commissioner bent the rules when instructing the umpire not to call the game due to rain rather then keeping the playing field level and bending the rules of not letting the game go final. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.254.33.222 (talk) 06:04, 18 December 2010 (UTC)


 * That's your opinion. Unless you find reliable sources saying that, conspiracy theories are a point of view and shouldn't be included in an encyclopedia article. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  13:34, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Removal Recommendation -- Photo and Caption of 1st Pitch from 2009 World Series
This article contains a photo and caption of the son of U.S. Army General Raymond Odierno throwing out the first pitch of the 2009 World Series. Why are the photo and caption included in an article about the 2008 World Series? 207.106.149.170 (talk) 20:47, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Wow, never noticed that. You can just remove it and put these in the edit summary.  Thanks for pointing out this.-- N ULL S PACE   (Φ)  22:41, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

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