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Worth the Wait
Worth the Wait

Worth the Wait

Tales of the 2008 Phillies
By Jayson Stark

SPORTS & RECREATION

240 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF

Trade Paper, $18.95 (CA $24.95) (US $18.95)

ISBN 9781600786556

Rights: WOR

Triumph Books (Apr 2011)

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Overview

For 25 years, Philadelphia waited for a team like the 2008 Phillies to come along. Waited for a team that could end the longest title drought on any city in America that fields teams in all four major professional sports. Waited for that one magical postseason run that could unleash a quarter-century of pent-up frustration. And then these '08 Phillies hopped on that magic carpet and made it happen. Unlike so many Phillies teams that were haunted by the past, this team was inspired by it, by the chance to place its own inimitable stamp on the franchise. And as the 2 million people who attended their championship parade can attest, it was Worth the Wait.

Author Biography

Jayson Stark has been a senior baseball writer for ESPN.com since 2000. His regular contributions include the newsy Rumblings and Grumblings column and his tilted look inside baseball's numbers and quirks, the Useless Information Department. He was twice named Pennsylvania's sportswriter of the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. His book, The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History, was published by Triumph Books and is available in bookstores.