October nights in South Philadelphia are more like an endless Mardi Gras. Only it's the kind of rave thrown inside a construction zone. It's loud. Like standing next to a jackhammer loud. Phillies manager Rob Thomson said a rival coach told him last season that a playoff game in Philly was 'four hours of hell.
The wolfman mask is retired. Even without a costume, one of the founding fathers of the Wolf Pack - a band of Philadelphia Phillies fans that once commandeered a section of cheap seats at the Vet - still roots for his favorite team from a considerable distance.
Maybe so, but bedlam created by 45,000 fans can shift momentum - that mythical, intangible force that can turn an inning, a game, a series, permanently toward one side - has worked pretty well for the Phillies the last two Octobers.Fans will say they saved a slumping Turner's season in August with a manufactured standing ovation for each at bat for the $300 million slugger.
"Total strangers are going to slap you high-fives when the Phillies do something," Wood said from Austria, where he tagged along with a friend on a business trip. "When there's a dinger, the entire stadium erupts." But there's a palpable buzz at the ballpark from the time the gates open. Maybe because, unlike some stadiums, the Phillies are playing in front of only Philly fans.
Arizona lost Games 1 and 2. Merrill Kelly, the Game 6 starter, was roasted after saying Phillies fans could not possibly be any louder than the ones he heard cheering for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. He then gave up three solo homers in Game 2 and heard "Merr-ill! Merr-ill!" chants before later insisting his comments were taken out of context.
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