Texas Rangers Finally Meets Phillies It makes sense that as Philadelphia loses its grip as the most consistent postseason team in baseball, another formerly long-suffering franchise takes its place. Now that Texas has won two straight pennants of its own, it only needs a World Series crown to fully cement its resume. When the Phillies were winning pennants, anyone could be a hero on a given night and no lead was safe, yet when they got a lead they usually managed to hold on thanks to Brad Lidge(notes). Now as the Rangers head to their second straight World Series – and as they actually managed to put last year’s postseason defeat to the San Francisco Giants behind them, unlike Philadelphia – Texas now looks like a franchise that owns October.
