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The Afterglow

Posted 04/02/2009
Fourth in a series MORE THAN 30 years have passed and still Bill Clement can walk into a bar, sit down and suddenly a drink will appear before him. It will be from a fan, someone who had spotted him and just wanted to say thanks for the two Stanley Cups he helped the Flyers win in 1974 and 1975. Clement says he will always walk over and shake hands, whereupon the fan will tell him exactly where he was when "The Broad Street Bullies" won the Cups.
 
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Travels of World Series Trophy
Posted 04/02/2009
THE MORNING after the parade, an airplane to Seattle beckoned. The Eagles were playing the Seahawks and I could not have cared less: physically exhausted, emotionally spent, didn't want to be there, didn't want to write about it. I had enough self-awareness to recognize that this might just have been me, my issue, after an extended period of baseball travel and baseball typing. But it focused me on the question and kept me focused for the rest of the football season.
 
Past Philadelphia champions feel enduring embrace of fans
 
Rich Hofmann: Phillies' World Series title makes life tougher on Eagles
 
Travels of World Series Trophy
Philadelphia's most valuable piece of hardware, the World Series Trophy, continues to rack up the frequent-flyer miles. The trophy, won by the Phillies on the cold night of Oct. 29, 2008, has touched down in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Dallas as part of its tour.
Mayor Nutter called the the Phillies' run to a championship an "incredibly uplifting experience" that came at an emotionally charged time - the 2008 general election for president and the start of what would become a worldwide economic crisis.
Third in a series THE PHOTO is somewhere in every Phillies fan's home, ingrained in their heads, representative of every emotion they have felt over 2
How has the Phils winning the World Series changed me? My 6-year-old son and I, for no reason at all, will just shout out "the Phillies won the World Series" . . . to anyone and everyone. It fixes a bad day at work, a bump on the little guy's head, a fight with his sister . . . Really just about anything. It's a great diversion from real life, and makes me smile just remembering September, through the playoffs, and the craziest Halloween ever, anywhere.
TWO-HUNDRED eighty-seven percent. It's the sort of value jump for a Philadelphia condo in the right neighborhood during the real estate boom.
Chances are you've seen that Dick's Sporting Goods commercial featuring Jimmy Rollins, the one for Nike Air Swingman Remix cleats, in which a pitching machine fires baseballs off his chest. You might not know that the same commercial has been seen across America, just as the advertising campaigns Ryan Howard has done with the sporting goods company in conjunction with adidas.
Maybe it's the masochistic overtones. Maybe it's the butt-slapping bonhomie. Whatever it is, it works. "It's hilarious," Cole Hamels said.
Winning the World Series brings massive media attention in the offseason and spring training. The Phillies have done even better after they went through the playoffs with style and flair and ended Philadelphia's 25-year streak of having no major titles.
Along with the glittering championship rings they will receive April 8 and offseason income from appearances, the Phillies each received an extra paycheck for postseason play.
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