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===Pittsburgh Pirates===
{{Main|Phillies–Pirates rivalry}}
The rivalry between the Phillies and the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] was considered by some to be one of the best rivalries in the National League.<ref>{{Cite news| title=In Depth: Baseball's Most Intense Rivalries|url= https://www.forbes.com/2009/04/28/baseball-best-rivalries-lifestyle-sports-baseball_slide_7.html?thisSpeed=undefined| date=April 28, 2009| work=[[Forbes]]| first=Matt| last=Woolsey}}</ref><ref name="LostRivalry">{{cite news|title=Pirates—Phillies: A Rivalry Lost and Missed|date=July 4, 2005|first=Gene|last=Collier|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|page=D1}}</ref><ref name="PhilliesPirates">{{cite web| url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050707&content_id=1119893&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi| title=Notes: Phils–Pirates rivalry fading| date=July 7, 2005| access-date=January 3, 2011| first=George| last=Von Benko| website=Philadelphia Phillies| publisher=[[MLB]]| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714103810/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050707&content_id=1119893&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi| archive-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref> The rivalry started when the Pittsburgh Pirates entered National League play in their fifth season of 1887, four years after the Phillies.<ref name="PhilPitt">{{cite web|url= http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_04_08_colmlb_houmlb_1#gid=2012_04_05_phimlb_pitmlb_1&mode=preview| title=Pirates hope to get to where Phillies are| first=Paul| last=Hagen| work=[[MLB.com]]|date=April 4, 2012| access-date=April 8, 2012}}</ref>

The Phillies and the Pirates had remained together after the National League split into two divisions in 1969. During the period of two-division play (1969–1993), the two National League East division rivals won the two highest numbers of division championships, reigning exclusively as NL East champions in the 1970s and again in the early 1990s,<ref name="PhilPitt" /><ref>{{cite news| title=Pirates perform rare three-peat feat 4–2| date=September 28, 1992| newspaper=[[USA Today]]| page=5C}}</ref> the Pirates nine, the Phillies six; together, the teams' 15 championships accounted for more than half of the 25 NL East championships during that span.<ref name="MostTitles">{{cite news| title=Pirates, Phillies Have Owned the Outgoing NL East Division| date=September 27, 1993| first=Gene| last=Collier| newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]| page=D1}}</ref>

After the Pirates moved to the [[National League Central]] in 1994, the teams face each other in only two series each year and the rivalry has diminished.<ref name="PhilliesPirates" /> However, many fans, especially older ones, retain their dislike for the other team and regional differences between [[Delaware Valley|Eastern]] and [[Western Pennsylvania]] still fuel the rivalry.<ref name="PhiladelphiaPittsburgh">{{cite news| title=It's Philly vs. the Burgh| date=May 11, 2008| newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]| page=B1}}</ref> The rivalry between the [[Flyers–Penguins rivalry|Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins]] in the National Hockey League is also fiercely contested.<ref name="PhiladelphiaPittsburgh" /><ref>{{cite news| title=Flyers, Penguins renew nasty playoff rivalry|url= http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=418333| date=April 14, 2009| access-date=March 22, 2011| agency=Associated Press| work=[[NHL.com]]}}</ref>