Philadelphia Phillies Shake Off Awful Season with Amazing '90s Night Tribute

There is nothing better than a little '90s, something the Philadelphia Phillies and their awesome fans recently found out. 

The team, who went backwards in 2012, decided to turn the clock way back to the decade of Zack Morris and TGIF programming. In short, it was magical and I am a tad jelly there was no invite sent my way. 

The Roosevelts (h/t Hot Clicks) did an amazing job gathering tweets and Instagrams from fans across the stadium who took part in a night dedicated to forgetting about the standings. 

While there are some, like CSN's Neil Hartman, who believe the frivolity does too much to detract from the product on the field, we believe it's important to laugh to keep from crying—especially when your team is 20 games back of the Washington Nationals. 

Apparently, every Phillies player announced got the '90s treatment, even skipper Charlie Manuel. 

Here is Manuel as Wilson from the show Home Improvement, via Flickr user Laura Swartz. "Howdy there, neighbor."

Ryan Howard, via the same Flickr account, is seen here as the legendary Dr. Dre. Sorry, Dr. Ry. Although, I would have liked to see someone take on the costume of Dr. Mario. 

Domonic Brown is Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, taking on the swag of one of the best characters in TV history. I can't get Tom Jones out of my head now. 

Instagram user Taylor shows us some front-office spirit. I was always more of a Black Ranger guy myself. 

The Phillies are about to conclude a lackluster season, but that hardly means the party bus stops rolling. 

The best way to forget an ugly season, it seems, is to hop into the DeLorean and head back in time to a much more pleasurable decade. 

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