For players, a parade of a lifetime
They had heard of the giddy trips down Broad Street. Yesterday, they got the chance to experience one.
Chase Utley kept it short.
MICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer
Phillies centerfielder Shane Victorino carries the Commissioner's Trophy out of the stadium after ceremonies at Citizens Bank Park.
Short and unforgettable.
Utley, the Phillies' all-star second baseman and a man of few words, stepped to the microphone yesterday at Citizens Bank Park, where the Phillies ended their World Series celebration after parading through a sea of millions of delirious fans, and summed up his feelings about the last couple of days in Philadelphia.
"World champions!" he said.
The crowd roared.
One . . . two . . . three . . . four . . .
"World f- champions!"
The crowd went crazy.
They loved it.
"I think that was definitely Philadelphia-style right now," pitcher Cole Hamels said with a smile. "He gets all the style points he needs here. He did a great job. He can show it. As hard and as tough as he is on the field, he can definitely be tough in his speeches."
"I would have dropped an F-bomb, too, but I didn't feel like it was appropriate, because my kids were in the stands," pitcher Brett Myers said with a laugh. "No. I tell you what, man. People don't know Chase quite as well as they think they know him. He's a hard-core guy. He's a hard-core player. He's a hard-core athlete. And everything he brings to the table is hard-core. Everybody on this team is that way.
