<p>I opted to let D2 miss school to go to the parade. As far as the attendance office is concerned, she has a fever (Phillies Phever!). The memories she’ll make today are well worth missing a day of high school, especially since I can’t remember the last time she missed a day of school. In 20 years, she’ll remember the parade…not the discussion about Macbeth in English class.</p>
<p>D1 is at college close enough to take a train into the city if she wanted, but today is a four-class day and she doesn’t want to miss that much.</p>
<p>That’s the difference between my D’s. D1 is all about being responsible and doing the right thing, D2 occasionsally allows herself to have some fun. Sometimes I think D2 has the better approach to life!</p>
<p>I’m working from home today so I can watch the festivities on TV. (I don’t like crowds.)</p>
<p>My husband, who is a die-hard, love them whether they win or lose, Phillies fan, and he was at the stadium on Wednesday night with his brother. I actually cried my eyes out, sobbing like a baby, on my sofa at home Wednesday night as I counted down the outs in the top of the ninth. I was just so happy for him and for the Phillies fans, who have been so true to that team through the years. My poor husband has had to suffer through years of watching my Yankees in the playoffs, knowing that the Phillies were just “this close” to putting it all together. He will be at that parade today, and I couldn’t be happier for the Phillies, the Phillies fans and Philadephia. Job well done!</p>
<p>Mitch Williams, luckily, wasn’t on '80 team, he was in 93. But Pete Rose was and Tug McGraw was the closer.
Phillies put about 11000 free tickets for parade in The Bank to see live and in the Linc to see on the screen. i couldn’t get through and by 4 o’clock the torture was over - tix were gone. You can get hem on eBay, some people have no scruples.
My wife takes a train downtown and she said it was a sea of red even @ 7 a.m. I think twice now for not letting my D to skip school and take her to a parade. I almost missed myself parade in 1980 trying to drive from Temple campus to the parade route, we got stock on Broad Street. I made sure I’d be on Market Street on time in 83. And now I’m at work typing this message.</p>
<p>S and friends are at the parade right now. We’re usually the “unless you have 103 fever you’re going to school” family, but there were no tests scheduled for today and one unexcused absence won’t hurt him (I told him I wouldn’t lie on the excuse slip.) I think half the school is skipping. What memories he’ll have!</p>
<p>My daughter (whose last class ended at 11:45 AM EDT) is at the parade right now. I am watching the parade on my computer, courtesy of Philadelphia’s NBC 10. Interested CCers can catch live streaming coverage at nbcphiladelphia.com. Enjoy!</p>
<p>well of course I let my daughter go – what kind of a mom do you think I am?! the original plan was to take the train, but three hours before parade time, that obviously wasn’t going to work… packed trains were already passing by our station with no more room. We drove them down to 30th St. Station, kicked them out of the car, and said “Good Luck.” Looks like everyone is having a great time and behaving!</p>
<p>At least for one day we here in Philly-land we are truly a happy lot. We aren’t concerned about McCain/Palin/Obama/Biden and I’m loving it.
I should be at the parade but S2 had a brainfade and thought when I called to ask if he wanted to go to the parade, he said no! He was thinking of the Halloween parade in our dinky little town…He called me this morning and asked…which parade? I said PHILLY…he said “oops, my bad”…I even gave away my tickets to the Linc :(</p>
<p>I’m watching the celebration on TV right now. Besides lining the streets for the parade, it looks like the Linc, i.e. Lincoln Financial Field, where the Eagles play AND the Phillies stadium Citizens bank Park are both packed with supporters. The stands are filled with people dressed in red and white. The players just walked into the Linc and said a few words and are now on their way to the Phillies home stadium across the way. I live about an hour away from Philadelphia and my son said quite a few kids went down to the city to watch everything. </p>
<p>I did my part in supporting the economy by paying full price for the t-shirt for my husband. I had bought him the National league champion shirt but he refused to wear it or take off the tags because he wanted the World Series one with a Phillies logo! We have an adorable picture of our golden retreiver picking up the Philadelphia Inquirer from the driveway Thursday morning with the full page picture of the team showing on the cover of the newspaper. Barely showing is his Eagles doggie scarf. Some may say we’re a little over the top. ;)</p>
<p>I just retrieved my daughter and friends from the city. They said it was absolutely incredible. I moved to Philly just before the 1980 win and I must say today’s parade put that one to shame. I’m amazed about how many people turned out, and I’ll be more amazed if all of those people get home before midnight!</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of you! I was expecting the Rays to do better, but all the games were close except one; I really think the main difference was in the bullpens. </p>
<p>I’m a Yankees fan, not a Mets fan, and have no antagonism towards the Phils. And I’ve always liked Philadelphia. So, enjoy, and hopefully you won’t have to wait another 28 years for the next one!</p>
<p>I went…it was, truly, crazy. Surprisingly I had no trouble at all driving in, and getting back to South Jersey across the Walt wasn’t bad either. As it turns out, some who tried to get in on the trains didn’t make it—they filled up at their first and second stops, then had to skip later stations. </p>
<p>Loved all the different generations of fans…infants, 90 year olds, people in wheel chairs all decked in red. Thousands of kids playing hooky. Jamie Moyer probably got the loudest screams. You gotta love his story: from the Phila area, 45 years old with seven kids, pitching in his first World Series. </p>
<p>I think the crowd was estimated at 2 million. I believe that. On Broad in South Philly we were about 15 deep, both sides of the street.</p>