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Article: One For The Ages ; With The World Series Set To Begin Tonight, No Phillies Fans Are More Excited Than Those Who Have Suffered The Longest.
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- Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- October 22, 2008
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Ninth inning, one out, bases loaded.
Phillies closer Brad Lidge takes a deep breath, winds up and lets
it go.
In her Willow Street home, Elsie Kennedy wrings her hands in
angst.
"Oh no," the 81-year-old Phillies fan says. "I don't think I can
stand it."
Kennedy and others of her generation have rooted for the
losingest sports team in America for more than half a century.
Now the World Series is finally back, and they want payback.
Payback for decades marred by last-place teams and broken and re-