Jeff Lewis-US PRESSWIRE

Everyone knows that in order to win a World Series you have to be very good.

And you also have to be very lucky.

That luck can come in many forms.  Resistance to injury, star players playing at their peak, unsung heroes providing moments of production atypical of their history, and the unknowable game of inches inching their way towards a certain team’s favor, are all components of what it means to get “lucky” in baseball.

(At least, in terms of “getting lucky” on the baseball diamond.  My expertise ends there.)

In 2008, the Phils, while they played extremely well, also got really lucky.

In 2009, they were still kinda lucky, until they ran into a Yankees team that was better and a bit luckier.

In 2010 and 2011, they were sliced and diced by the baseball angels.  And when lady luck did rear her treasonous head, the Phils looked at her and dry heaved all over themselves.

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