"Timing is everything," laughed Levin, 52, of Chalfont, as he clung to a chain-link fence to watch the Phils pass him and City Hall.
Down at the end of the parade route, Chuck Taylor and Susan Loftus of Aston had a very good reason to agree: Their first child, a girl, is due today.
Yet there they were, hollering at the Phils in an ocean of fellow fans and easing into a seat at Citizens Bank Park for the team's formal introductions. Their doctor had been consulted before the couple came to Game 3, and he - perhaps influenced by having his own tickets to Game 5 - told them to go if they thought it "necessary."
Loftus felt a brief third-inning snap of pain, but they weathered the game without introducing the as-yet-unnamed daughter (Taylor's idea of Phyllis was vetoed) to the world before the Phils had a second title.
Now they're both eager to raise the girl as a Fightin's fan. Her first souvenir T-shirt has already been purchased.
"She's good luck," Taylor said, patting her stomach.
It's been a long while since a Phillies parent could say such a thing with such authority.
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