The Philadelphia Phillies have won the World Series for the first time since 1980, and only the second time in the team's 125 year history. A very impressive performance! Congratulations to all the Phillies Phans in my temporary home city during my semester at Penn. Hopefully, this win will ease the Phans' anguish over the fact that the city had not had a major sports championship since the 76ers won the NBA title in 1983.