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Baldspot wrote:Wow. I'm going to have to fire my crack research staff for that error. Philadelphia did win the W.S. in 1929, but that was the Philly A's (they also won in 1930).Ed Dantes wrote:1st Phillies championship: 1929What championship did the Phillies win in 1929? A year where they finished 9 games below .500 in 5th place of their division.
Start of the Great Depression: 1929
2nd Phillies championship: 1980
2nd longest recession in American history: 1980
3rd Phillies championship: Oct. 29, 2008...
uh oh. By the way, today we found that our GDP shrunk last quarter for the first time in years...
Ed Dantes wrote:The other guy made a mistake too as there were not divisions in 1929. There were two eight team leagues.Baldspot wrote:Wow. I'm going to have to fire my crack research staff for that error. Philadelphia did win the W.S. in 1929, but that was the Philly A's (they also won in 1930).Ed Dantes wrote:1st Phillies championship: 1929What championship did the Phillies win in 1929? A year where they finished 9 games below .500 in 5th place of their division.
Start of the Great Depression: 1929
2nd Phillies championship: 1980
2nd longest recession in American history: 1980
3rd Phillies championship: Oct. 29, 2008...
uh oh. By the way, today we found that our GDP shrunk last quarter for the first time in years...
My mistake. Thanks for calling me on that.