One win away. Can you imagine? The Phillies are only one win away from winning the World Series.

How about that huh? The Philadelphia Phillies are only one win away from winning the 2008 MLB World Series and be crowned this year’s world champions of baseball. After a 25-year championship drought, it looks like the Phillies are about to end it with a title in 2008. A win in Game 5 this Monday night will do that.

Every spring, the Philadelphia Phillies assemble in Florida to begin what would be an eight-month journey that they hope will end with them playing on the biggest stage of them all. They finally did just that and after only four games into the championship series, the Phillies are only a win away from the big one.

After routing the Tampa Bay Rays last Sunday night, 10-2, in Game 4, Philadelphia has inched a step closer from winning the title. Thanks to Phillies pitcher Joe Blanton, he made sure it was to be Philly’s night before this series shifts back to Tampa.

Blanton became the first pitcher in 34 years to come up with a home run in the World Series, and when Ryan Howard followed up on his homer from the 4th inning with another one in the 8th, the Phillies were already up 10-2, looking to finish things off in Game 5 back in Tampa.

Cole Hamels will try to give the Phillies their second World Series title in franchise history when he goes up against Tampa Bay’s Scott Kazmir in a rematch of Game 1 starters.

Until then, Ryan Howard is excited about the possibilities of what a fateful Monday night has in store for their franchise.

‘’It will be absolute bedlam,'’ Howard said of a Phillies’ possible title-clinching win in Game 5. ‘’It will be one of the craziest places on Earth. It’s kind of scary to imagine.'’

Which team will win the 2008 MLB World Series? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Tampa Bay Rays 3.25

Philadelphia Phillies 4.50

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