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The veteran Pope fit right in on a club known as the Wheeze Kids for the advanced age of so many players. However, the Phillies would not have reached the playoffs without a couple of denizens from their farm system - first baseman Len Matuszak, who came up big in the Phils' September pennant run, and pitcher Charles Hudson, who was their most solid September starter, along with lovable John Denny, and won a key NLCS game against the Dodgers.
The World Series, meanwhile, started nicely with a first-game win behind home runs by Joe Morgan and Garry Maddox. However, the Phillies were eventually beaten in five games by Baltimore, the key moment coming in Game 5 when Eddie Murray hit his own name on the Veterans Stadium right-center-field scoreboard with his second home run in the Orioles' clinching victory.
2008: The Phillies fall somewhere in between the youthful Whiz Kids and aging Wheeze Kids. In the infield, Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley are 29, Ryan Howard 28, and Pedro Feliz 33. Jayson Werth is 29, Shane Victorino 28, and Pat Burrell 32. Among their starting rotation, only 46-year-old Jamie Moyer is older than 28.
Phillies' record: 90-72, National Lague champion.
Phillies' attendance: 2,128,339.
Phillies' first-round pick: Ricky Jordan, 1B.
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