{"id":3688,"date":"2008-10-30T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/10\/congratulations-ombudsman-martha-ruts-psugirl-dan-the-fan-ramblings-my-dads-cousin.html"},"modified":"2008-10-30T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T09:55:00","slug":"congratulations-ombudsman-martha-ruts-psugirl-dan-the-fan-ramblings-my-dads-cousin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/10\/congratulations-ombudsman-martha-ruts-psugirl-dan-the-fan-ramblings-my-dads-cousin\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Ombudsman, Martha, RUTS, PSUgirl, Dan the Fan, Ramblings, my dad&#8217;s cousin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/sports\/phillies\/20081030_Fan_celebration_worth_the_wait.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Phillies won the World Series<\/span><\/a>(<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Inky<\/span>)! This is their second championship and first since 1980. It is also the city of Philadelphia&#8217;s first major championship since 1983 when the 76ers did it. Now we won&#8217;t have to hear about how Philly hasn&#8217;t had a parade anymore! We also won&#8217;t see yet another title go to Tampa Bay &#8212; that estuary already has a Super Bowl and Stanley Cup this decade. Martha was right too &#8212; Phillies in 5.<\/p>\n<p>I did a little research and found out that since the Ombudsman was born, the Phillies have have played in the NLCS nine times, won four pennants and now two World Series. In other words, this has been a pretty good run for the Fleas and their fans can&#8217;t complain for at least another 15 years about title droughts or anything of the kind.<\/p>\n<p>Just remember though, that this year has no bearing on next and I plan to defend the half-smoke and conquer the cheesesteak in next year&#8217;s <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Cheesesteak\/Half-Smoke Challenge<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WorldSeries\" rel=\"tag\">World Series<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Phillies\" rel=\"tag\">Phillies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Rays\" rel=\"tag\">Rays<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Phillies won the World Series(The Inky)! This is their second championship and first since 1980. 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