Curse of Billy Penn

The Curse is Over for the Phillies

The Curse of Billy Penn ended tonight as the Philadelphia Phillies overcame rain and a tough Tampa Bay Rays team to win the World Series 4 games to 1.

100 sports season have passed since Philadelphia had a world champ, that ended tonight. Celebrate Philadelphia! William Penn is smiling on the Phillies once again.

It will be interesting to see if the Flyers, Sixers, or Eagles can now break the curse!

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Billy Penn Gets A Last Laugh?

It is 2-0 and the Philadelphia Phillies look to be heading to their first world championship in 28 years and the city's first in 25 years. The Curse of Billy Penn was about to end. The city was electric in anticipation.

Then Billy Penn decided to get another laugh. The weather cost the Phillies the lead and their staff ace to inclement weather. Hamels could only pitch 6 innings and lost his bid to become the first pitcher to win 5 games in one post season. While Bud Selig had his head up in a place where we will not mention on this site and should have never allowed the top of the sixth inning to be played, one has to feel a pit in their stomach after such an unusual occurance and a game being suspended in the World Series.

Could this be the Curse of Billy Penn yet again? Or is he getting his last laugh on October 27, 2008? Or will that be a date that lives in infamy in Philadelphia like Black Friday? The superstitious would say yes. Many Philadelphia sports fans would say it is the lot of Philadelphia. Many others would say relax, you have a 3-1 lead and a good chance to win this game. I have to say that I am very uneasy about this and just want this series closed out. The removal of the Cole Hamels factor, Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena beginning to find their swings, and the fact that the game was tied are all momentum changes that benefit the Tampa Bay Rays. Please someone slap me and tell me I am crazy. I guess I have been a Philadelphia fan for too long.

As for the game it will be continues as early as tonight at 8:00pm or may have to wait another day depending on the weather. What should the Phillies do for pitching? In my opinion because it is a tie game, I would send Brett Myers out there like it was a start and tell him to have at it. It will feel like a start anyway and because the series will probably be pushed back a day if it continues in Tampa (especially if it can not be made up today) it gives the Phillies the added assurance of being able to pitch Cole Hamels again if game 7 were to become necessary.

Above is the reverse the curse Billy Penn statue on the Comcast Building.

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Could the Curse End Today?

Could the Curse of Billy Penn end today? Could the misery of a generation finally come to an end? If Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies have anything to do with it, the answer is YES! Whether it is the small Billy Penn statue that was put in the Comcast building, or Penn's anger has subsided, or the Phillies team is just too good to be held back, the fans will take it!

Just consider, the last time any team won a championship was in 1983. Julius Erving led the way. Mike Schmidt was in his prime. Ronald Reagan was president. The Phillies had been to the post season 5 times in the previous 8 years, all four teams went to their finals, and Philadelphia looked like the leader in professional sports.

Man has the world changed. As has the perception of Philadelphia's sports teams. But here is our chance for it to end. The Phillies will lead the way and hopefully our other teams will follow.

LET'S GO PHILLIES!!!

Curse to Finally End?

The Philadelphia Phillies are 4 wins away from breaking the 25 year Curse of Billy Penn. Mayor Nutter will not have a Phillies Jersey put on Penn because he feels as though it has been a jinx. Between this change and the small statue added to the Comcast building, will this be enough to end the curse?

Every Philadelphia fan hopes so. With the Eagles and Flyers not looking like they are headed to championship seasons (it is very early though for the Flyers), pressure is on for the Phillies to close this out!

Let's go Phillies!!!

The Curse Ends Now!!!

It took 15 years but the Philadelphia Phillies are looking to break the Curse of Billy Penn. The Phillies are the National League Champions and are heading to the World Series! This never say die group led tonight by staff ace Cole Hamels easily turned the Los Angeles Dodgers away winning 5-1 tonight and taking 4 out of 5 games to win the series.

The Phillies also evened the score against the Dodgers and have now split NLCS wins with them. Hopefully this series helped ease some of the pain for fans that lived through the heartbreak of 1977 and 1978 and Black Friday can finally be laid to rest.

The Phillies will celebrate tonight then prepare to face either the Tampa Bay Rays or Boston Red Sox in the World Series which will begin next Wednesday at the American League park. As hard as this is to believe, with all the injuries Boston has had, I hope the Phillies face the Red Sox. Besides, in this year of redemption we could even the score from the 1915 World Series and stick it to J.D. Drew and Terry Francona in the process!

For tonight let us savor this series win. Pop the champagne and drink a bottle or two. It has been too long of a wait. But that is all behind us. We are the National League Champions! We won the pennant! It is time to celebrate and get ready for our Phillies to win their second World Series title in 126 years!!!

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