Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Duk da gwagwarmayarsa a farantin a lokacin kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, Ruiz ya kasance wani ɓangare na nasarar Phillies na postseason. Bayan da Phillies suka lashe gasar zakarun kasa ta 2008
, ya yi sharhi cewa ɗaukakar cin nasarar wasan ƙwallon baseball mai mahimmanci wanda ya yanke jerin, wanda ya gani yayin da yake girma a Panama a talabijin, "ya faru da ni", yana mai lura da yanayin lokacin, kuma hakan ya ƙare kuma ya tabbatar da aiki tuƙuru da ya yi a cikin shekaru. Daga baya, a wasa na 3 na Wasannin Duniya na 2008, Ruiz ya buga ƙwallon ƙasa har zuwa layin na uku don yin tafiya a cikin filin wasa, na farko a tarihin MLB. Ruiz ya lura, "Na ji suna murna. Kuma a lokacin ne na sani, 'Ok ya ƙare'... Zan yi nasara. " A ƙarshe Phillies sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya a karo na farko tun 1980, suna yin hakan a wasanni biyar, na ƙarshe wanda ya fara a ranar 27 ga Oktoba kuma ya ƙare a ranar 29 ga Oktoba bayan an dakatar da shi a wani ɓangare saboda ruwan sama. Don aikinsa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo, ya sami laƙabi "Señor Octubre" (Mr. Oktoba a cikin Mutanen Espanya).