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_ Phantastic Phanbaby: Born to a three-generation phamily of phanatic phans, 9-month-old Alexandra Jane Kovach, of Andorra, attended five games this season and stuffed her own Phillie Phanatic at the Bank.

Alexandra's dad, Alex, a Philadelphia cop in the 6th District, in Chinatown, and her mom, Traci, who works for a Center City law firm, are both Phillies diehards who are raising mom-mom Camie Minieri's first grandchild right!

"I grew up in South Philly," said Minieri, a financial administrator at the University of Pennsylvania, "and my dad, Frank the Barber, used to go to the Vet for almost every game when it first opened.

"He knew all the guys there, so he brought his little folding chair and they let him sit in the back somewhere and watch his Phillies. My mom, Florence Francesco, is 92 and still follows her Phils."

_ Phils Phight Poem: "Rhymin'" Richard Kosmalski, of Wilmington, has been a lifelong Phillies fan, said his wife, Rosemarie, and was inspired to capture the Fightin's run for the championship in poetry:

Ryan Howard started out slow, as he usually does,

That usually creates quite a buzz.

But he carried the team towards the end when it counted,

With each home run the excitement mounted.

The skipper Charlie Manuel showed faith in his team,

He felt sure they could realize the Ultimate Dream . . .

The Phils haven't won a World Series since 1980,

The fans are still asking, "What have you done for me lately?"

. . . Now we play the Rays,

I think we'll have a World Championship in a few days.

_ Today's Phils Joke: Comedian Dom Irrera, a native son and lifelong Phils die-hard, remembers his first exposure in the '70s to the Jekyll/Hyde psyche of long-suffering Phillies fandom, when gigantic slugger Greg "The Bull" Luzinski was on the team.

"I'm sitting in leftfield, near what they used to call the Bull Ring because he hit homeruns there," Irrera said, "and most of the game he's striking out, and the fans are really getting on him: 'You pig!' 'You overpaid bum!' 'Why don't you have a salad instead of doughnuts once in a while!'

"Then he gets up late in the game and blasts one, and the same guys who were cursing him are going, 'My man!' 'He's the Bull!' 'My man can hit, can't he?' "

Irrera said that the World Series will go this way: "If the Phils lose, fans will say, 'I knew it. They always let you down.' If they win, fans will say, 'Sure, we won, but we'll probably lose next year.' "

_ Today's Ticket Prices: Game 3 from StubHub.com: Standing Room: $375 to $600; Outfield: $550 to $3,500; Infield: $600 to $6,000. *