As the Phillies took a 3-1 lead in this year's World Series, this seems like a good time to look back at the last time the Philadelphia saw a baseball championship in 1980. Fans took to the street following the Phils victory over the Royals 4-1 in the sixth game to win the title.
Thanks to Dick Shearer from the Lansdale Historical Society for bringing this copy of the paper out of their archives for us to share.


These photos were taken by Reporter photographers Bob Martin and Geoff Patton. Patton is currently the Chief Photographer at the The Reporter.

According to the Reporter on October 22, 1980, one of the officers injured while subduing revelers was 23-year-old Joseph McGuriman, now Lansdale's police chief.

From the article: "The Philadelphia Phillies captured teh heart of the region and the world championship of baseball at Veterans Stadium last night, sparking celebrations and midnight madness throughtout the area."
"In Lansdale, police blocked off the intersection of Broad and Main Streets to allow residents the luxury of milling aabout the streets, dancing, whooping, crying and paying tribute to the team that brought hime its first world title since the birth of the franchise almost a century ago."
"And this morning nearly half of North Penn High School's student body - 45 percent or more than 1,000 youths - failed to show up for class today as they swarmed to center city Philadelphia for the 11:30 a.m. parade to honor the baseball champions. At the district's junior high schools, 20 percent of the classes were missing but some stduents were appearing late, apparently because they could not get transportation to Philadelphia."

And we now know all about one student who missed classes at Souderton Area High School to watch the parade...Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer. Hopefully, all is forgiven.