During the thrilling one-hour and 20-minute finale - with bitter, sub-freezing weather that you might expect for an Eagles' playoff game, not the Phillies - it was like a sunny day for fans who'd waited so long for a championship.
"Snow flurries couldn't chase us away tonight; six inches of snow couldn't chase us away," said Lt. Patrick Armstrong, one of four Margate firefighters back at the windy top of the centerfield bleachers.
A stone's throw away from the ballpark, an impromptu party broke out inside the Wachovia Center - where the Sixers had just lost their season opener to the Toronto Raptors - among fans watching the Series finale on 20 TV screens inside the arena's AT&T Pavilion. Fans stood 20 and 30 rows deep, drinking half-priced draft beers and whooping, high-fiving and even hugging with every Phillies' hit.