The Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball’s National League, East Division, have played the game in Philly since 1883, making them the oldest continuous one-name team playing in the same city in all of professional sports. During that time, the Phillies have won two World Series championships – including the 2008 crown -- and six National League titles, the first of those being won back in 1915. They knock the cover off the ball at Citizens Bank Park, in South Philadelphia, and work hard to sell a lot of Philadelphia Phillies tickets.

If ever there were a team that’s hung in there the longest and worked at playing baseball the right way the hardest, it’s the Philadelphia Phillies. In many seasons, they would fall short of traditional measures of success but they’d always be entertaining, and they always managed to put a product out on the field that attracted eager Phillies fans, who lined up to buy many Philadelphia Phillies tickets.

The club would maker their first World Series in 1915 after winning the National League Pennant on the arm of Grover Cleveland Alexander. The team wouldn’t see postseason action again until 1950, and winning records would be a sometimes iffy thing for much of that time. Fans still loved the South Philly ball club, though, and would plunk down good money on Philadelphia Phillies tickets.

During this period, the Phillies gradually became the preferred team in the city, which led the crosstown American League Philadelphia Athletics to relocate to Kansas City after the Phillies’ pennant winning 1950 season. The club was riding high on the performance of players like future Hall of Famers Robin Roberts and Richie Ashburn and sales of Philadelphia Phillies tickets would be strong.

After that year’s World Series appearance, the Phillies would go through a stretch where the winning seasons would be sparse until the club – with players like Mike Schmidt, Larry Bowa, Steve Carlton and others would make the playoffs for several years in the mid-1970s. The 1980 Phillies were a thing to behold, and they’d make yet another World Series, this time winning it all on the strength of play from the likes of Pete Rose and series MVP Mike Schmidt, who’d combine to help propel sales of Philadelphia Phillies tickets to new heights.

The club would make it back to the Series, winning another NL pennant in 1983, though they go down to defeat at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles. The remainder of the 80s and the first few years of the 90s would be a time of tribulation, though they’d again put it all together in 1993, when they returned to their first World Series since 1983. Philadelphia Phillies tickets sold fast that postseason, and they gave the defending champ Toronto Blue Jays all they could handle for six games.

Holding to form, the Phillies would again struggle for another 8 seasons until putting together a solid winning season in 2001 under new manager (and former Philly) Larry Bowa. They’ve played solid winning ball since 2003, too, never failing to finish with a winning record during that stretch. Bowa handed over the reins to Pat Gillick, with Charlie Manuel currently helming the ballclub. Philadelphia Phillies tickets have sold well.

2007 marked a return to the postseason on the play of Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, and would set the table for their greatest year since 1980. The Phillies took it all in 2008, winning the World Series in five games, with pitcher Cole Hamels taking MVP honors for his outstanding postseason play. Both seasons marked strong sales of Philadelphia Phillies tickets.

2009 proved that the Phillies were no fluke, and the ballclub intends to take that performance and run with it to ensure a stellar 2010. They play ball like madmen, and players like Ryan Howard, Cole Hamels and Shane Victorino promise to take it to the opposition with abandon, all the while propelling sales of Philadelphia Phillies tickets to new heights.