On October 6, 2007, the Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Phillies by winning 2 – 1 in Colorado.

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.

The accompanying cap is blue with a red bill and a red stylized " P ." The uniforms were announced on November 29, 2007, when Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, pitcher Cole Hamels, and Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts modeled the new uniforms.

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.

Over the team's 15 seasons, it was the Triple-A Minor League affiliate of the Montreal Expos ( 1993 – 2002 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 2003 – 2006 ), and Philadelphia Phillies ( 2007 ).

* John Vukovich ( 1947 – 2007 ), former MLB third baseman, best known for his career with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

* The Phillies lost their 10, 000th regular-season game in their history on July 15, 2007 to the St. Louis Cardinals, 10 – 2, marking the first time a professional sports franchise reached that plateau.

He batted. 256 with 30 home runs in 2007 as the Phillies reached the playoffs for the first time in his career.

Burrell batting for the Phillies in 2007

Burrell became the Phillies ' longest tenured player in 2007 with the departure of Lieberthal via free agency.

In 2007, the Phillies won the NL East and reached the playoffs for the first time since 1993 and the first time in Burrell's career.

* September 23, 2007 – Washington Nationals defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 5 – 3, before a crowd of 40, 519, in the final baseball game scheduled to be played at RFK Stadium.

** In baseball, on July 15, 2007, the Philadelphia Phillies became the first team in professional sports ' history to lose 10, 000.

Here is Kalas's call of Brett Myers ' strikeout of Washington's Wily Mo Pena to clinch the 2007 National League East division title for the Phillies on the last day of the season, completing a comeback as they erased a seven-game deficit behind the New York Mets in early September:

Previously, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies ( 2002 – 2003 ), Minnesota Twins ( 2004 – 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 2008 – 2009 ) and the Chicago Cubs ( 2010 ).

* 2007: Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia Phillies

Fregosi delivered a eulogy at the March 2007 funeral of longtime friend and former Phillies coach John Vukovich.

He set the Phillies ' franchise record for home runs in a season by a shortstop with 25, a record he would later break in 2007.

Rollins and teammate Ryan Howard appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman early in the 2007 season, and he refused to back down from his prediction even as the Phillies began the season with a slow start.

On the last day of the 2007 season, Rollins became the seventh player to collect at least 20 doubles, 20 triples, 20 home runs, in one season ( and only the fourth player to also have 20 stolen bases in that same year ) when he hit his 20th triple of the year in a 6 – 1 win over the Washington Nationals that clinched the National League East division championship for the Phillies.

* On September 23, 2007, the Nationals played their final game at RFK Stadium, a 5 – 3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Beginning with the 2007 season, the Phillies Short-Season A affiliate was the Williamsport Crosscutters.

Previously, because of a players ' strike in 1981, a split-season format forced a divisional playoff series, in which the Montreal Expos won the Eastern Division series over the Philadelphia Phillies three games to two while the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros three games to two in the Western Division.

The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League.

Historically, Dover hosted a farm team of the Philadelphia Phillies in the Eastern Shore Baseball League.

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.

* The Eastern League Reading Phillies hosted the Trenton Thunder on May 9, 2005 at CBP ; Reading beat Trenton 5 – 3.

He spent most of the season with the double-A Reading Phillies of the Eastern League, batting. 333 with 28 home runs and 90 RBI in 117 games.

The Phillies won 12 out of the final 14 games of the season to win the National League Eastern Division title.

The team hosted the 1998 Double-A All-Star Game, was league runner-up in 1995 and 2003, and won the Eastern League Championship in 2000 with an 82-60 record, defeating the Reading Phillies 3 games to 1 in the championship series.

The Reading Phillies ( also called the R-Phils or Reading Phils ) are a minor league baseball team based in Reading, Pennsylvania, playing in the Eastern Division of the Eastern League.

The Reading Phillies are the oldest / longest team in the Eastern League to play in its original / current city and also under its original / current name.

Reading was without a baseball team in 1966 before a new Eastern League franchise was established in Reading in 1967 as the Reading Phillies.

The highlight of his career came in 1983, when the Orioles won the American League Eastern Division pennant, then defeated the Chicago White Sox in the 1983 American League Championship Series, before winning the 1983 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.

He returned to help the Phillies win the 1976 National League Eastern Division pennant.

The Trenton Thunder though are not affiliated with the Phillies and are instead affiliated with the New York Yankees and they at the Double-A level in the Eastern League.

The Phillies ' assigned him to their Double-A Eastern League affiliate, Reading Phillies.

In the Phillies farm system from 1998 through, Michaels played for the Batavia Muckdogs of the short-season, single-A New York-Penn League ( 1998 ), the Clearwater Phillies ( now Clearwater Threshers ) of the advanced single-A Florida State League (), the Reading Phillies of the double-A Eastern League () and the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Red Barons of the triple-A International League ( 2001 ).

Selected in the 6th round of the 2001 draft, Howard quickly ascended the Phillies ' minor league system, earning consecutive awards in the Florida State and Eastern leagues ( and ), respectively.

The park is home to the Reading Phillies of the Eastern League.

Hollins spent the season as the hitting coach for the Binghamton Mets, a minor league affiliate of the New York Mets in the Class AA Eastern League, and he is now a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies.