Remember 2007? It’s the season we all now recall as the year the Phillies finally broke through and won the division with an improbable late season surge to pass the Mets. 2007 is the start of what’s come to be known as the start of the years of “Continued Success” — five straight division titles, two NL pennants, and a World Series championship. It’s one of the two greatest eras in franchise history, along with the 1976-83 team of Schmidt, Carlton, Rose, et al.
However as we were going through that season, none of that was known yet.