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MY ALL TIME PHILLIES TEAM:
It's amazing how the worst team in baseball
history can produce the best 3b and among the best LH and RH
starters. It's also amazing how a 120 year old franchise cannot
produce a better 2b combination than Morandini and Cash.
| Offense |
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Pitching |
| vs. RHP |
vs. LHP |
Bench |
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Starting |
Relief |
| Hamilton, lf |
Delahanty, lf |
Abreu |
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Alexander |
McGraw |
| Ashburn, cf |
Ashburn, cf |
Rolen |
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Carlton |
Bedrosian |
| Schmidt, 3b |
Schmidt, 3b |
Thomas |
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Roberts |
Konstanty |
| Allen, 1b |
Allen, 1b |
Klein |
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Schilling |
Holland |
| Thompson, rf |
Thompson, rf |
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Simmons |
Andersen |
| Daulton, c |
Boone, c |
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| Morandini, 2b |
Cash, 2b |
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| Bancroft, ss |
Bancroft, ss |
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LINES COMPOSED IN EXALTATION
OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC
James Michener
from "The Armchair Book of
Baseball," Thorn (ed.), Macmillan Publishing, 1985, p.
217-8.
"When they launched their quest in the
play-offs, the Phillies, always a team of infinite class, asked
the city's revered musician, Eugene Ormandy, to throw out the ball
for the first game, and a local scribbler to start the
second.
"Ormandy won his game, I lost mine,
proving that the piccolo is mightier than the Smith-Corona. The
flawless artistry displayed by the Phils in the series was due in
large part to this graceful beginning.
"While flying to Bangkok during the World
Series, I was prompted to scribble a verse on hearing the pilot
announce, 'The Phillies won.'
- "Crash the cymbals, blare the
trumpets,
- Wreath their noble brows with
laurel.
- Heap the festive board with floral.
- They deserve the fairest lilies
- - Who? The Phillies.
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- "Through the long dark years they
stumbled
- Scarred with deep humiliations
- But our cheering never crumbled
- And we kept our expectations.
- "Yes, we loved them for their
sillies
- - Who? The Phillies.
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- "Triple plays that did not
triple,
- Strikeouts with the bases loaded.
- Pitchers serving up the cripple,
- All again our hopes exploded.
- Are they not a bunch of dillies?
- Who? The Phillies.
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- "Far behind in early innings,
- Doomed to tragedy eternal,
- They turn losses into winnings
- Through some holy fire internal.
- They give enemies the willies -
- Who? The Phillies.
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- "Bang the drum and toot the
oboes,
- Dance until the earth has shaken.
- Cheer, for our beloved hoboes
- Have at last brought home the
bacon.
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- "Garland them with timeless lillies!
- Athough they are a bunch of dillies
- Who give honest men the willies.
- We still love them for their
sillies
- - Hail, The Phillies.
-James Michener
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UNTITLED (A Tribute to Richie Ashburn)
Harry Kalas
- "His Cornhusker roots have served
him well
- The dry wit, the humor, you can
immediately tell
- But the enduring traits we readily see
- his human compassion and love of
family
- The greatest tribute to an athlete and
man
- Is, that in whatever pursuit, he
did the best that he can
- His charitable efforts in memory of
(daughter) Jan
- remind us how fragile is one's
lifespan
- Will we ever forget that August in
'95
- When thousands took that wonderful
drive
- to Cooperstown, the home of the
Hall
- an emotional time for us all
- When his "Whiteness" got his
just due
- we were not surprised, because we
knew
- At Cooperstown on this August day
- they honored a man who's a Hall of Famer
in every way
- When Whitey turned seventy a pipe or hat
I did not send
- but rather my lifelong loyalty, as a true
friend
- And now the man all Phillyland
loved
- has gone to join Jan in the heavens
above
- Don Richie Ashburn by any measure
- was a man whose memory we will forever
treasure."
-Harry Kalas
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