Bad Omen for US Economy? Phillies Winning the World Series
Team has history of knocking it out of the ballpark during recessions.
Jayson Werth of the Philadelphia Phillies after the team beat the Tampa Bay Rays to win the 2008 World Series. The victory was one of many for Philadelphia baseball clubs that have coincided with economic downturns.
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Would a championship win for the Philadelphia Phillies be a good thing for the nation’s economy?
The only times the team has won has been in the midst of economic chaos: the financial crisis of 2008 and the recession in the early 1980s. Prior to that, the Athletics, a former Philadelphia baseball team, won during the stock-market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression of 1930.