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This Day in Phillies History: October 23

Today's day in Philadelphia Phillies history features a ton of postseason success and failures.
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As we get deeper into October, the amount of happenings for the Philadelphia Phillies begins to dwindle. It's an easy explanation considering that to have any history at this point, as a franchise you have to have made it this far. 

Over the long and storied history of the Phillies, only three events happened on October 23. 

First, in 1993 Philadelphia was playing the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6 of the World Series. Unfortunately for the Phillies, they were down in the series 3-2. Despite being ahead most of the game, Toronto's Joe Carter hit a three-run home run off of Philadelphia's Mitch Williams. 

That walk-off gave the Blue Jays their first World Series win. Of note, it was just one of five times a World Series has been played on artificial turf. The most recent was in 2020 at the new Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX. 

In 2008, the Phillies lost Game 2 of the World Series to the Tampa Bay Rays. Philadelphia was down early and had a hard time trying to make up ground. Following the Game 2 loss, the series was evened up 1-1 a piece.

Finally, in 2010, the Phillies were eliminated from the NLCS by the San Francisco Giants. It was particularly heart breaking as Ryan Howard was up to bat only down by a run with two runners on and was struckout looking to end the game and their season.

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KADE KISTNER

Kade Kistner is the publisher and beat writer for Sports Illustrated's Inside the Phillies. An alumnus of Tulane University, Kade graduated in 2017 with a degree in Latin American Studies and a minor in Spanish. Upon graduation, Kade commissioned into the United States Navy and attended Naval Flight School in Pensacola, Fl. He served as a Naval Aviator and was stationed in Jacksonville, Fl.  During his time in school and the Navy, Kade began covering the MLB and NFL with USA Today, SB Nation, and Sports Illustrated.  Kade covered the New Orleans Saints, Texas Rangers, and numerous other teams within the Sports Illustrated network before launching Inside the Phillies, Inside the Astros, and Inside the Cubs. You can follow him on Twitter at @KadeKistner, or if you have any questions or comments he can be reached via email at kwkistner@gmail.com.

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