Famous Moments & People in Dodgers Stadium History

• Brad Lidge strikes out Eric Hinske! October 27th, 2008 -  The Phillies win the World Series for the first time since 1980, beating the Tampa Bay Rays in five games.  No fan will ever forget Lidge dropping to his knees after the Hinske swung and missed.

• The 2008 cast of Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard and the rest for the 2008 Champs! 

• The First Game – April 12th, 2004 – The Reds win the game, but a new era of baseball is underway in South Philly.

• Bryce Harper

• Roy Halladay’s Playoff No-No – October 6th, 2010 – Making his first career playoff appearance, “Doc” does it in grand fashion, no-hitting the Reds.  Only a walk to Jay Bruce prevented him from throwing his second career perfect game! Doc threw 104 pitches and struck out eight Reds hitters.

• Harry The K, Richie and Muss - IYKYK

• J-Roll Walks Off the Dodgers – October 19th, 2009 – Arguably the most popular Philie to ever play at CBP, Jimmy Rollins doubles off Jonathan Broxton in the bottom of the 9th to give the Phillies the win in Game Four of the 2009 NLCS.  They would fly to LA and win Game Five, sending them to their second straight World Series.

• The Day the Phillies beat the Nationals in 2007 to clinch the NL East!

• J-Roll passes Schmitty! June 14th, 2014 – With a base hit to right field, Jimmy Rollins becomes the Phillies all-time hits leader with his 2,235th hit in a Phillies uniform, surpassing Mike Schmidt.  Schmidt comes out from the dugout to get Jimmy’s bat and congratulate him.  

• Aaron Rowand crashes into the fence! May 11th, 2006 – The game didn’t mean much, but Rowand’s effort surely did.  Emblematic of the blue collar city that Philly is, he ran face-first into the wall while robbing Xavier Nady of extra bases, suffering a broken nose and several broken bones around his eye….and becoming a Philly folk hero in the process.  

• “World F&%$ing Champions” – IYKYK

• The Phillie Phanatic – Tom Burgoyne succeeds Dave Raymond as the Phanatic, who is widely known as the most entertaining mascot in baseball.