Philly salutes World Series champs

SI Staff | Nov 3, 2008

Philly salutes World Series champs

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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Hundreds of thousands of fans showered the World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies with brotherly love and confetti on Friday.

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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Thousands of Phillies fans lined up 10 deep along downtown sidewalks on Broad Street.

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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The victory parade through downtown Philly took over the city's streets in a sea of red-clad humanity.

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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Pat Burrell led the parade procession, riding on a horse-drawn beer wagon.

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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The parade started in Center City, passed City Hall and traveled four miles south to the Phillies' home field, Citizens Bank Park.

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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Police were unable to say if there were any disturbances or arrests along the parade route, but fans seemed mostly well behaved.

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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The Phillies ended up at Citizens Bank Park, where a red "2008" banner was raised to celebrate their World Series championship.

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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Chase Utley got a rise of the fans and some teammates, too, when he inserted an F-bomb between "World" and "Champions" while addressing the fans at Citizens Bank Park.

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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Manager Charlie Manuel leaned into the microphone and, giving his best Rocky impersonation, said "Yo, man. We love you."

Fans celebrate with Phillies at victory parade

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Shane Victorino takes one last victory lap with the World Series trophy.