At the end of a strange and wet night that left the World Series in limbo, Scott Kazmir bumped into Cole Hamels in a corridor outside the Phillies clubhouse. 

"I'd keep playing. 

Chase Utley never saw the popup Jimmy Rollins couldn't catch. 

Brad Lidge can usually watch eight innings before he warms up to finish a game. 

Twenty-eight years of waiting for the Philadelphia Phillies to win their second World Series title could wind up being extended by 28 hours. 

On the night the drought could've ended, at long last, there was a flood. 

--LHP Cole Hamels hoped he'd have a chance to pitch the Phillies to their first World Series championship since 1980. 

MEDICAL WATCH: INF Andy Tracy (broken left hand) was shut down for the season Sept. 

Cole Hamels got what he wanted: the chance to pitch Philadelphia to a World Series championship. 

Ryan Howard could imagine the mayhem. 

Jimmy Rollins joined the Philadelphia Phillies when they were in the dumps. 

MEDICAL WATCH: INF Andy Tracy (broken left hand) was shut down for the season Sept. 

On July 17, two days after the All-Star Game and two weeks before the trade deadline, the Phillies sent three minor-leaguers to the Oakland Athletics for Joe Blanton, a burly right-hander with a 47-46 career record. 

--1B Ryan Howard didn't have a home run in his first 42 at-bats of the 2008 postseason. 

It's been 28 years since the Philadelphia Phillies secured the club's only World Series title with a decisive victory at home.