Until March 27, we’ll be counting down the 50 greatest Phillies games of the last 50 years. This is 50 of 50.
And this is No. 30.
THE DATE: Oct. 7 1980
THE GAME: Phillies vs. Houston Astros, Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
THE STAKES: Game 1, National League Championship Series
THE GREAT: The 1980 National League Championship Series was something else. And these write-ups won’t do it justice. Seriously, if you weren’t alive for it, ask a relative who was.
To be succinct, the Phillies and Astros arguably played, pound-for-pound, the most thrilling series of baseball of all-time.