Phightin PHILS 2008 World Champs!!!

I am going to the parade party at the Linc!!! WOO HOO!!! I can't freaking wait!!!!

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I am not sure if anyone has said this before or even thought about it. But, I will say it. The last time the Phightn Phils won the Series it was 80. They won it this year which is 08. 80 backwards is 08 which I think is pretty cool. Sorry, I know I'm a dork but just thought about it. Hope no one has posted this yet so I really don't look like a dork! Anyone going to the Linc tomorrow be safe, and then be safe at the Parade as well! Have a good Mistress Night!

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I sent my poor husband halfway around the county this morning to get ANY Philly paper, preferably the Inquirer, and they were all sold out. I was kind of bummed because my parents, who are at their condo in Clearwater (and watched the game at the Phils practice field on a Jumbotron with a thousand other phans) wanted me to buy a bunch and ship them down to their Phillies contingency.

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Nov. 20 -- BREAKING: SURGERY FOR UTLEY, FELIZ (UPDATED) | 12:25 PM

BY SCOTT LAUBER

Just in: Chase Utley (hip) and Pedro Feliz (lower back) will undergo surgery. Utley, it appears, will miss four to six months, which could delay his start of the 2009 season. Here's the press release, straight from the Phillies, and we'll have more later today from Ruben Amaro Jr. and athletic trainer Scott Sheridan.

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Since the end of the World Series, Utley, 29, has had several diagnostic studies in regards to right hip symptoms that he had during the 2008 season. He has been evaluated by Phillies team physician Dr. Michael Ciccotti at the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Dr. Bryan Kelly at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

Based on the diagnostic studies and examinations, it has been recommended that Utley have surgery on his right hip, which is scheduled for next week. The procedure will be an arthroscopic evaluation with treatment of any labral or bony injury. The recovery will allow for the initiation of baseball activities between three and four months, however, the total recovery time may require four to six months.

Feliz, 33, will have low back surgery today. He was on the disabled list during the 2008 season for 26 days in relation to a low back injury and had intermittent symptoms at the end of the season that deemed off-season follow-up necessary. Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles will perform the surgery, which is scheduled to be a lumbar discectomy. After surgery, Feliz will complete an eight-to-12 week rehabilitation program.

(Updated, 2:27 p.m.): Just got through with a teleconference with Amaro, Sheridan and Ciccotti. Here are a few details:

1. Sheridan said there's no way to pinpoint exactly when the injury occurred, and both Sheridan and Ciccotti said that Utley didn't exacerbate the problem by playing through it. Ciccotti described Utley as "highly functional" and said the symptoms were "intermittent" and "manageable." Sheridan said, "We managed the symptoms, and we don't think we were putting him at risk."

2. The timetable for Utley's return depends on what happens when Dr. Kelly looks at his hip. But Amaro said the Phillies expect him to be "fairly close to ready, if not ready, by opening day."

3. In the event that Utley isn't ready, Amaro said the Phillies won't pursue another second baseman during the offseason. Eric Bruntlett and Jason Donald would be candidates to open the season at second base. Bringing back Tadahito Iguchi doesn't seem to be an option. "If we had to open the season without Chase, I think we're covered fairly well," Amaro said. Donald, by the way, has won the 2008 Arizona Fall League Dernell Stenson Award for unselfishness, hard work, and leadership.

4. Dr. Kelly will perform the surgery next week in New York. A definite day hasn't been set. Kelly, who examined Utley earlier in the offseason, operated on Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell, who had a similar condition that prevented him from playing in the ALCS.

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