Awaken the echoes. As the World Series moves from the sterile new Yankee St-ATM to a ballpark with some character and history - five-year-old Citizens Bank Park - it brings evolving story lines and the promise of new indelible memories for Phillies fans.

Game 3 falls not just on Halloween but on the anniversary of the spectacular 2008 championship parade down Broad Street.

Cole Hamels, who did so much to make that parade possible, will try to relocate the magic of last year. New York starter Andy Pettitte, meanwhile, will try to summon his postseason dominance of the last decade - all of which is entombed with the Babe and Mantle and DiMaggio across 161st Street from the Yankees' cavernous new replica ballpark.

"I never actually played at the old Yankee Stadium," Phillies shortstop and oracle Jimmy Rollins said the other day. "Growing up, I watched games at Yankee Stadium - playoff games, just all the mystique that came with it. What I thought it would be like compared to what this is like, I would have to say it's completely different. They had a legacy over there."

Rollins' mission has been to begin building a similar legacy in Philadelphia. He and his teammates wrote the first chapter at the Bank last year. They know they can make a large deposit by taking out the storied Yankees.

Thanks to Major League Baseball's postseason format and the Phillies' Game 1 victory in the Bronx, this is now a best-of-five series that the Phillies could win without leaving home again. In other sports, the home advantage in a best-of-seven series means hosting Games 1 and 2, and Games 5 and 7 if necessary. In baseball's 2-3-2 format, it means Games 1, 2, 6, and 7.

That's a big difference if the other team - the Phillies, in this case - can win at least one of those first two on the road. If they can hold serve as they did against Tampa Bay last year, the Yankees' home-field edge is worth as much as the tickets fans are holding for Games 6 and 7.

"We're even," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "Now it becomes the best three out of five. We're at home, and we've played good at home. This gives us a chance to get in front of our fans. Our ballpark creates a lot of energy. We like to play here."

No wonder. After a couple of curiously subdued games in New York, both teams can expect that solid wall of sound that is Philadelphia's calling card. Those brief and unconvincing "Who's your daddy?" chants directed at Pedro Martinez Thursday night? They weren't close to intimidating the veteran righthander.

In the Dodgers series, Phillies fans bombarded Manny Ramirez with chants of "You took steroids" and, after he skipped out early in Game 4, "Take a shower."

Alex Rodriguez, mired in a World Series slump after excelling in the early rounds, figures to get similar treatment. Rodriguez admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs for a couple of years after published reports that he tested positive for steroids in 2003.

After striking out six times in eight at-bats so far, Rodriguez will be under plenty of pressure. Forty thousand red-clad crazies chanting "Where's your boli?" should raise the temperature just a bit.

For the Phillies, the return to the Bank should be a tonic. They have amassed a collection of memories that should serve as positive reinforcement. The Phillies have danced on the infield here five times, celebrating three division titles, this year's National League pennant, and last year's World Series victory.

"You can't beat pitching here," said Hamels, who couldn't be beaten here or elsewhere last year. "The fans have been tremendous, and the energy level this year has just been outstanding."

Aside from being in the friendly confines, Hamels will not have to face a designated hitter. That means that, instead of Hideki Matsui or Nick Swisher, he will face the Yankees' pitcher.

In Game 3, Hamels and a hungry lineup face Pettitte, another drug-tainted player who, at 37, had an ERA over 4.00 in the regular season.

In Game 4, they could well face CC Sabathia again. They beat him in Game 1 Wednesday night. They also beat him at the Bank in the division series against Milwaukee last year. If Sabathia doesn't recall Shane Victorino's grand slam landing in the left-field seats, there are 45,000 Philadelphians willing to remind him.

Game 5, which will be the last game at Citizens Bank Park in 2009, will feature Cliff Lee on full rest. Whether he's pitching to win the Series or extend it for a return trip to the St-ATM, well, that will be revealed as the drama of this World Series plays out.

It moves now to what is, improbably enough, the more fitting stage. It moves now to Philadelphia.

Contact columnist Phil Sheridan at 215-854-2844 or psheridan@phillynews.com. Read his recent work at http://go.philly.com/philsheridan.