Go Phils?? ⚾🤩 Maybe not if you're a tinfoil hat wearer! The team's history of World Series wins is linked to the economy taking a massive dump. 🆘
Is there anything to this theory or have we been spending too much time down the rabbit hole!? 🐇
Here’s Five Fast Facts about the Phils and the economy:
- 🏆 Going... - Our story kicks off back when the Phillies were called the Athletics. They won the World Series in 1929 right before a historical stock market crash and the Great Depression.
- 🥇 Going... - Next, the Phillies took the World Series title in 1980, the same year of another recession and on the heels of the 1979 energy crisis. This blip in the economy lasted through '83 when the Fightin' Phils made it to the final round again and lost.
- 😵 It's Outta' Here! - The last time the Phillies won the World Series was in 2008, the same year as the not-so-distant Great Recession.
- 📈 Reverse Psychology - The Phillies did terribly back in 1969 when they blew what many thought was a guaranteed World Series win. However, the stock market rose 14.6%!
- 😱 Thank God for Rebranding - Note to any Houston naysayers: remember when Minute Maid Park used to be called Enron Field?! Talk about some bad financial juju!
🔥Bottom line: Now, we're not saying there's anything to worry about, but there does seem to be a correlation! Our current economy is pretty turd-tastic and if the Phils take this year's World Series title, we could be adding to this pot of conspiracy stew. In the meantime, we'll try to figure out if the Phanatic is really from the Galapagos Islands.
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