Philadelphia Phillies: 10 Keys to Winning the World Series 2012
March 6, 2012 by Mark Swindell
Filed under Fan News
The Philadelphia Phillies won 102 regular season games last year. They also won 101 games in 1976 and 1977. Yet in all three of those years, they failed to win a postseason series. So while it is great to have a team win 100-plus games and get a high playoff seed, what’s more important is winning the World Series.
The 1980 World Champion Phillies went 91-71 while the 2008 Champs went 92-70. Obviously, those two squads are considered the “best” in Phillies history, but that is only because they won the World Series. If the 1977 Phillies faced the 1980 Phillies 162 times, I’d be shocked if the 1977 Phillies didn’t win 90-plus times.
Same for the 2011 group facing the 2008 bunch. Bottom line, things have to fall into place; sprinkle in some luck and combine it with talent and you get a World Championship. Here are the 10 keys to the Phillies winning a World Series in 2012.