A BIG DAY FOR BASEBALL: PHILADELPHIANS CROWD THE NEW GROUNDS
“This team is capable of winning 92 games” manager Gene Mauch was quoted in spring training. Losers of 23 games in a row in 1961…
As a 23-year-old rookie in 1973, Mike Schmidt hit .196 with 18 home runs in 132…
(Another in a series about the 1964 season)
When the Phillies big league club began spring training in Clearwater in 1947…
Dick Allen, truly a Phillies legend, was born on this date in 1942 in Wampum, PA. He was an exceptional two-sport star at Wampum…