This was the heartbreaking end of a great run from this era of the Phillies. My father and I were at this game. Together with a capacity filled stadium, we witnessed one of the most painful, gut-wrenching games of my life. Truly heartbreaking then and even more now knowing this was Doc's last chance. Halladay deserved to win a championship more as anyone. Losing 1-0 in game 5 of the NLDS was how a 102 win season and 5 year stretch of division championships came to a close.

From a Phillies' standpoint, to say that this was the hardest game to watch is a big understatement. Not only did the heavily favored Phils lose with Doc Halladay (R.I.P.) pitching, the final out was painful--literally and figuratively. Ryan Howard never really recovered from the torn Achilles' he suffered, and the Phillies haven't been heard from since. In one or two years, though, that could change. From a Cardinals' standpoint, it was the second of several playoff comebacks. Down by 10 1/2 games for a WC spot in late August, they made the playoffs, came back to upset the Phillies, then pulled off a bigger comeback against Texas to win it al.

What amazes me about this game is that you literally can watch only the opening 10-15 minutes of the game and realize that the only run was scored in the 1st inning. As a Phillies fan, even 11 years later, I’m just waiting on one run to cross home plate to tie the score.

Even though it was in a losing effort, the late, great Roy Halladay was a master at work in the top of the 8th inning. After giving up a hit to the opposing pitcher and the next batter reaching on an error, with the heart of the order due up, most pitchers would implode or be removed. Instead, he was in complete command, giving up the sacrifice to move the runners, intentionally passing Pujols, making Berkman look overmatched (very rare) and rallying from a 2-0 count against Holliday. Even though he was in as bad a spot as a pitcher could be in, he never once seemed to be in any danger. That's what a Hall of Famer does.

This was arguably a more painful loss than Eagles losing to the Bucs in the NFC title game to close out the Vet

My favorite game of baseball ever played. Love the Cards to this day. Better or for worse

Worst loss in franchise history. The Phillies have never been the same since.

It's payback time!

I'm still not over this loss.

To think that the second consecutive Phillies season would come to an end with arguably their then best player in Ryan Howard at the bat, but once again couldn't get out of their own way come playoff time. Who knew their then impressive five year run would also be totally over from this point on, and would never again sniff the postseason as of this day? This you could also say was their best (or at least most talented ever squad, despite them losing in the first round), what with it being the sole year they'd win at least 100 games, and when they had the "Four Aces!" Their entire starting field that season was literally filled with players who either previously made, or would at least eventually play in the All-Star game, while their third best starting pitcher received Cy Young votes for that matter too! But with that being said, their team did get old quickly, and would soon drop back into the depths from which they'd had finally emerged from after so many lean years. That being even if they had some pretty good teams who had a string of painful near misses from 2001-2006 (save for when they barely had a losing record in 2002), until they finally broke through and reached the postseason in 2007 beforehand though.

For Phillies fans, this was the end of two eras: The period that was, in my honest opinion, the Golden Era for the Phillies, and Howard's prime. Howard was NEVER the same player after the Achilles injury, and we were never the same team after this game. Up until we played the Yankees this year, I had never seen the ballpark as packed as it was in this game. However, if we play hard enough, we might be back in it this year! 2018, BABY!

do you have game 1?

@1:15:30 I still don't get how that ball didn't go out... off the bat I thought it was way out. it would've won the game for the phillies.

Meet again Tomorrow on ABC

😂😂😂😂 loved it even 10 years later

Coming back to see my cards beat the Phillies in the playoffs for once