The World Series may end tonight with a Phillies win. For you non-sports fans, that would mean we return to regularly scheduled programming sooner!Tonight it can all come to a close as the Phillies aim to put the final bite on the Rays. The World Series is where the best team in the American League meets the best team in the National League. They play a best of seven series (first team to win four games is crowned champions), the Philadelphia Phillies lead the storybook Tampa Bay Rays in a comanding position of a 3-1 lead. The Rays have no wiggle room for a loss now.
Can the Rays now win three in a row to take the World Series? If the Phillies lose, the remaining two games are played in Tampa. It would require the Rays to win their remaining two games Tampa. The Phillies would rather win tonight and celebrate in front of their home fans. The odds are stacked against Tampa to stage a comeback.
Tampa Bay as an expansion team has never won the World Series and in fact finished last place just last season. They jumped out in front of the Boston Red Sox and fellow rivals New York Yankees to win their American League division and crown. The Phillies have not won a World Series since 1980.
