Congratulations Philadelphia!
The Phillies finished off the the Rays last night, to become World Series Champions, and more importantly, Chase Utley got hit by a pitch (though that was in Monday's part of the game). That means that the Phillies only tied for fewest HBPs in a victorious postseason campaign in the division era. Utley's plunk brought their total to 2, tied with the '99 Yankees for the fewest since the playoffs went to 3 rounds. The 1992 Blue Jays were the last team to get hit only once in the postseason, and win the World Series, and nobody has won a World Series without getting plunked at least once since the 1976 Reds.
While they only got hit by two pitches, the Phillies made the most of those plunked base runners, as Eric Bruntlett scored the winning run in game 3, and Utley scored the 2nd of 4 Phillies runs in their 4-3 victory in game 5. Utley became only the 2nd player ever to get hit over 25 times in the regular season and get plunked in the World Series, joining Don Baylor who did so in back to back years with the 1986 Red Sox and the 1987 Twins (though only 4 of his HBPs that season came after his trade to the Twins).
posted by pbr @ 10/30/2008 07:37:00 AM
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