Notwithstanding the collectively poor performance over the years, the Phillies have performed much better in recent seasons, winning five consecutive division titles from 2007 through 2011.

On September 17, 2011, the Phillies won their fifth consecutive East Division championship, and on September 28, during the final game of the season, the team set a franchise record for victories in a season with 102 by beating the Atlanta Braves in 13 innings, denying their division rivals a potential Wild Card berth.

The Mets won the division in 2006 and contended in 2007 and 2008, while the Phillies won five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011.

At the start of the 2011 season, the longest continuous affiliations will be two 45-year links: between the Philadelphia Phillies and their Double-A Eastern League affiliate, the Reading Phillies ; and the one between the Detroit Tigers and their Single-A Florida State League affiliate, the Lakeland Flying Tigers.

* On May 1, 2011, the Phillies were playing against rival New York Mets in a 14 inning game when the news broke that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by US forces.

* The longest baseball game played at Citizens Bank Park to date occurred on May 25, 2011, when the Phillies faced the Cincinnati Reds.

He filed for free agency on October 30, 2011 and later signed a 1-day contract in 2012 to finish his career with the Phillies.

* Domonic Brown, Philadelphia Phillies outfielder ( 2011 )

On November 4, 2011, Jim Thome agreed to a one year, $ 1. 25 million deal with the Philadelphia Phillies.

On May 19, 2011, against the Philadelphia Phillies, Giambi hit three home runs in one game, the first such game for him of his career.

In November 2011, Konerko was inducted into the Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame along with Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard.

During the deciding Game 5 of the 2011 National League Division Series, Lauren Hart ( the daughter of Hockey Hall of Fame broadcaster Gene Hart ) appeared at Citizens Bank Park to sing God Bless America during the seventh-inning stretch as she had become a fixture at Philadelphia Flyers games singing that song in duet with Kate Smith as the Flyers ' good-luck charm before important games, with the hope that Hart would also bring that luck to the Philadelphia Phillies as well.

* On September 4, 2011, Hunter Pence of the Philadelphia Phillies hit a fly ball to deep right field.

La Russa led the Cardinals to the 2011 World Series, after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS ( 3-2 ), and then the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS ( 4-2 ).

On April 5, 2011, Wright singled against the Phillies ' Cole Hamels for his 90th career game-winning RBI, surpassing Mike Piazza for the most in Mets history.

Miller was inducted into the Reading Phillies Hall of Fame on July 21, 2011.

In July, 2011, Williams participated in a House Crashers episode from the DIY Network, in which a local Phillies fan won a makeover of his home's sports den.

Morandini currently resides in Chesterton, Indiana, where he was the head baseball coach at Valparaiso High School until accepting the manager's position for the Williamsport Crosscutters, one of the Phillies ' A-level affiliates, for the 2011 season.

On November 21st, 2011 he was named the 10th manager of the Philadelphia Phillies A-level Affiliate Lakewood BlueClaws.

Oswalt previously was a starting pitcher for the Houston Astros ( 2001 – 2010 ) and Philadelphia Phillies ( 2010 – 2011 ).

Podsednik signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies on May 22, 2011.

The Phillies signed Podsednik to another minor league deal on November 30, 2011.

In 2011, a chance encounter with Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. led to Elarton receiving a minor league contract with Phillies and an invitation the team's spring training.

From 2011 to 2012 two new teams were added to the competition — the Gold Coast Suns in 2011 and the Greater Western Sydney Giants in 2012.

In June 2011, further imagery was added relating to recent events, including the conflict in Libya and views of outside 10 Downing Street.

In 2011, The Marlins brought in several relief pitchers ( Randy Choate, Edward Mujica, Ryan Webb, and Michael Dunn among them ) to revamp a depleted bullpen ; All-Stars John Buck and Omar Infante, and former All-Star Javier Vázquez were also added to their roster.

During Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's May 2011 visit to Kabul, it was announced that India's total aid to Afghanistan reached $ 2 billion after a package of $ 500 million was added.

Windows Home Server 2011 is built on the Windows Server 2008 R2 code base It follows the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 which added support for Windows 7 to Windows Home Server.

In March 2011, The seventh and eighth installments of the series were also added to Good Old Games.

An Online Comic Strip Award was added in 2011.

In May 2011, the week before Memorial Day, Pepsi launched a limited edition flavor called " Memorial Day Pepsi ", with blueberry and cherry flavors added to the cola.

Later, in the 1980s, Presbyterian evangelicals added homosexuality to their list of grievances, although the UPCUSA decided in 1978 not to ordain non-celibate gays to the ministry or eldership, a decision that liberal groups succeeded in reversing in 2011.

In 2011, the FDA has added another boxed warning that says fluoroquinolones, due to their neuromuscular blocking activity, may exacerbate muscle weakness in persons with myasthenia gravis.

In 2011, a mobile laptop cart of 30 computers was added for teachers to rent out.

* The series was added to Netflix streaming on September 2, 2011.

On April 12, 2011, NASA announced that Space Shuttle Discovery, the most traveled orbiter in the fleet, would be added to the collection once the Shuttle fleet was retired.

One final mission, STS-135, was added to the schedule in January 2011, and Atlantis flew for the last time in July 2011.

In 2011, the Skyhooks album Living in the 70s was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry.

" I'll Never Find Another You " was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry in 2011.

" I'll Never Find Another You " was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry in 2011.

Men's and women's track & field and cross country have been added as a varsity sport for 2010 / 2011 ; this is a joint Fredericton / Saint John Campus program.

In May 2011, the Thor Heyerdahl Archives were added to UNESCO's " Memory of the World " Register.

In 2011, it was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium recently added a long male into their redesigned " Open Sea " exhibit on August 31, 2011.

On 24 April 2011, Donegal added their third national title when they defeated Laois to capture the National Football League Division Two.