The team I loved was the World Champion. The 1980 Phillies won the World Series, the first in the team's history, 97 years old at the time. It spoiled a 7-year-old like me.

In 1980, Walk went 11-7 and gave the Phillies 27 important starts. Longtime starter Randy Lerch had collapsed with a terrible season, while Christenson missed two and a half months with injuries.

The Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies put together one of the most memorable playoff series in MLB history when the two teams met in the 1980 NLCS. Before the two teams meet again in the ...