Believe It! Phils Win Back-to-Back Pennants!

Wow. The Phillies have won their 7th NL pennant in team history and they have back-to-back pennants for the first time ever in the team's 127 seasons in the majors. When we started the season, I set an expectation for myself and a goal for the team that they would win the division for the 3rd straight year. Anything else would be gravy. It is hard enough to make the playoffs two years in a row, let alone win a series, let alone win two. Since the inception of the Wild Card, only the Braves ('94-'95) and Yankees ('98-'01) have won back-to-back pennants in either league. Prior to that, the back-to-back NL pennant winners in the NLCS era (since 1969) are... Atlanta Braves ('91-'92) Los Angeles Dodgers ('77-'78) Cincinnati Reds ('75-'76) Bottom Line? The Phillies just entered a very elite group. Both the Braves and Dodgers lost in their two World Series appearances so that leaves only the '75-'76 Reds, '94-'95 Braves and '08-'09 Phillies as teams that have won back-to-back NL Pen...