Philadelphia's pro sports teams are no strangers to winning back-to-back titles. The Eagles did it in 1948 and 1949. The Flyers did it in 1974 and 1975. And long, long ago, the Athletics did it twice - in 1910 and 1911, and again in 1929 and 1930.

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The Phils came close. They won the 2008 World Series and the opening game of the 2009 World Series. But we all know the rest of that sad, sad story.

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The Dodgers won back-to-back World Series titles in 2024 and 2025.

 

How hard can it be?

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Harder than you think, it turns out.

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In the past 100 years, only one other NL team has won back-to-back World Series titles - the Cincinnati Reds. They did it in 1975 and 1976.

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On the other hand, AL teams (led by you-know-who) have done it 16 times.