The baseball season for 2007-08 is over.  After a thrilling start to Game 5 on Monday, they waited out the longest rain delay: two and a half days.

It was wet, it was wild, it was everything inbetween on Monday night.  Even the commentators Joe Buck and Tim McCarver said “hydroplaining is introduced into baseball.” The first time they stopped the game was when the Phillies were up 2-1 at the end of the 5th inning.  That was when the rains were a pourin’.  Phans ran for cover as they waited out at least a half an hour.  The tarps were pulled off and the two teams were back to work.

The Rays tied the game up in the top of the 6th.  And then, the tarps came back on, eventually calling the game.

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Thursday was a different story.  For one thing, the game temperature was a “balmy” 44 degrees farenhieght (haha).

First of all, the “starting pitchers” for the completion of the game were none other than Grant Balfore for the Rays and Ryan Madson for the Phills.  Balfore gave up a lead-off double to Geoff Jenkins, who scored after moving to third and Iwamura not handeling a Jason Werth pop-up.  In the top of the 7th, Rocco Baldeli showed he’s still got some juice left when he lined the game-tying homer to left.  Chase Utley ended the Rays’ threat on a great fake throw to 1st getting the out at home.  The Phills answered back with a double off the wall in left-center from Pat Burell.  Eric Bruntlett, the pinch-runner for Burell, went to third on a groundout.  He then scored what would be the winning run on Pedro Feliz’s single.

Brad Lidge got Eric Hinske to strike out for the last out of the ninth and the game.  Although, he did allow the tying run to reach second base with one out.  J.C. Romero was awarded the win, recording 4 outs before letting Lidge finish the job.  It was the first major championship for any pro sports teams in Philly since the 76ers won the NBA finals in 1983.

“I’ve never felt better in my life to get pummeled like that,” Lidge said about his teammates piling ontop of him after the final out, as is tradition for any baseball team.  Ryan Howard was the first to jump ontop of Lidge and the Phillies catcher, Carlos Ruiz.

“We’re winners,” said Howard.  “Rejoice.  Nobody can take that away from the city of Philadelphia.”

Cole Hammels was given the “World Series MVP” honors to cap it all off.

It was a magical night for the Phillies, their Phaithful Phans, and the entire city of Philedelphia.  The Phillies had won.

C ya next year for preseason!  (Possibly sooner, idk)