Sportbooks betting has the Philadelphia Phillies headed to the World Series for the second straight year. The Phillies dispatched of the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games and now will be playing in the World Series next week. Philadelphia will get some serious online betting action at sportsbooks considering how well they played in the NLCS against Los Angeles.
Sportbooks betting on Philadelphia could be even more popular than last year. The Phillies actually look better in sportbooks betting than they did when they won last year’s World Series. The offense was powerful and the pitching solid as the Phillies took out the Dodgers in sportsbooks odds. Ryan Howard won the MVP award for the NLCS. “For what we did last year, that was something special,” Howard said. “But to get back to this point, to have the opportunity to try to do it two years in a row, that’s even more special.” Sportbooks betting had the Phillies becoming the first team to reach the World Series in back-to-back years since the 2000-2001 New York Yankees.
The Phillies will open up sportbooks betting in the World Series on the road against probably the New York Yankees who led the Angels 3-1 in their ALCS. Game 1 of the World Series in sportbooks betting at the online sportsbook will be on Wednesday night.
No team in the National League has won two straight World Series since the 1975-76 Cincinnati Reds. The Phillies will have a good shot though in sportbooks betting with their powerful lineup. “I can get used to it,” manager Charlie Manuel said, “We got one more step and we’re going to get it!” Sportbooks betting had the last team to win two straight World Series being the New York Yankees who actually won three straight from 1998-2000.
Sportbooks betting facts show that the last team to make it to the World Series in two straight years was the 2001 Yankees who lost to Arizona in seven games. The last National League team to play in two straight World Series as sportbooks betting info showed was the 1996 Atlanta Braves who lost to the Yankees.
Sportsbooks stats indicate that this the Phillies seventh trip to the World Series. Sportsbooks numbers had them beating the Tampa Bay Rays last year in sportbooks betting and the Kansas City Royals in 1980 while losing in the World Series in 1915, 1950, 1983 and 1993.