Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 11, 2008
Grass Win

Art Kyriazis sends this note on the Phillies home wins this year:

As you know, the Phillies moved into the Citizens Bank Park about four or five years ago, and are now playing on grass at home. In fact, their offense now very much resembles an Earl Weaver type team (pitch well and wait for a three run homer).

This got me to thinking, "when was the last time the Phillies had won a post-season game on grass"? as much of their post-season glory came at the Vet during the post-1970 vet era.

The answer was surprising. It's been since 1915 that the Phils had won a post-season game on grass at home, and the winning pitcher was hall of famer Pete Grover Cleveland Alexander v. the Red Sox.

In fact, that was the only home win for the Phillies before the Veteran Stadium era.

The Phillies didn't play much in the post season prior to moving into Veterans Stadium.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:36 AM | Post Season | TrackBack (0)
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