The drought is OVER. The Phillies are headed back to the post season for the first time since 2011. The last time the Phillies clinched a playoff spot it was September 15th 2011 when Roy Halladay went out in Houston and threw a complete game shutout as the Phillies won 1-0. The expectations that season were high, but unfortunately they were ousted by the Cardinals a few weeks later in the NLDS. 4,000+ days later the Phillies finally return!

Now that its over, lets take a look back at what was going on the LAST time the Phillies headed to the postseason.

• Blockbuster's

  If you are about 17 you might have heard the legends of stores where you would go to rent a movie. There was no streaming. There were blockbuster videos and they were a STAPLE. And in 2011 there were 1,821 stores.

  There is now 1.

• The #1 Song

  It was “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5. A decent song that was driven into the ground by EVERYONE.

• Bryce Harper

  Had just wrapped up his second pro season in the minors. He hadnt even reached AAA yet.

• The Phillies Lineup

  The day the Phillies last clinched a playoff spot their lineup was

  Shane Victorino

  Placido Polanco

  Hunter Pence

  Ryan Howard

  Raul Ibanez

  Carlos Ruiz

  Pete Orr

  Michael Martinez

  Roy Halladay

• #1 Movie In America

  Contagion. It made $22 million and found new life during the pandemic.

   

• Social Media

  Snap Chat had Just been launched a few days prior

  Tik Tok was still 5 years away.

  Twitter was still at 140 characters

  Instagram was less than a year old

  And Facebook was still king

• The Eagles

  Danny Watkins and Jaiquawn Jarrett were ONE week into their Eagles debuts as the top 2 picks! But Jason Kelce was a rookie starting center poised to do incredible things in this city

• Flyers

  The Flyers entered training camp with a HUGE shakeup in the offseason. They traded Mike Richards and Jeff Carter. In were a 23 year old Wayne Simmonds and a 22 year old Jake Voracek. But the big offseason addition was Ilya Bryzgalov who signed a 9 year, $51 million dollar deal….yuck.

• Sixers

  The Sixers, led by vets like Andre Iguodala, Elton Brand, and Lou Williams, welcomed in rookie Nik Vucevic. Jrue Holiday was 21 years old. Evan Turner was still considered a building block at 22. And Thad Young was 23. The Sixers were about to enjoy a really good season which led to the organization “going for it” the next year by getting Andrew Bynum

• Joel Embiid

  Joel Embiid had played basketball for 2 years….

• Gas

  A regular gallon of gas cost $3.60

• Iphone

  If you wanted the latest Iphone you had to get the Iphone 4.

• The Sports World

  The Packers were the reigning Super Bowl Champs having defeated the Steelers

  The Bruins were the reigning Stanley Cup champs having taken out the Canucks

  The Mavericks had taken out the loaded up Heat in Lebron’s first year

  Jon Jones was a week away from his first UFC title defence at UFC 135

  NASCAR wa a few days away from kicking off their “Chase for the Championship” which would eventually be won by Tony Stewart

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