Despite being around for well over 100 years, the Phillies had just one World Series title to their name heading into 2008. They reached the series five times but only won once in 1980, led by franchise legends Steve Carlton and Mike Schmidt. On this day ten years ago, the Phillies were just three innings away from their second World Series title.
The series-clinching Game Five started two days prior, on Oct. 27, but rain forced it to be suspended. Commissioner Bud Selig ruled before the game that the World Series would not be clinched in a rain-shortened game, so Tampa Bay and Philadelphia picked up where they left off in the bottom of the sixth.