The weather outside may not feel like spring, but the number of fans who came to the Ephrata Recreation Center Saturday morning told a different story. The hundreds of baseball fans (mostly Philadelphia Phillies fans) came to see Bob Boone, one of the heroes of the 1980 World Series champion Phillies.
Editor's note: On Aug. 23, 1989, Pete Rose signed an agreement banning him from baseball. Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt and Rose led the Philadelphia Phillies to the 1980 World Series title. In 2002, Schmidt accompanied Rose to a meeting with Commissioner Bud Selig. It's been 20 years since Pete Rose was banned for life from baseball by then-Commissioner Bart Giamatti. Recently the subject came back to life, recycling the same old issues, without attention to some interesting elements that should be mentioned on the 20th anniversary.
Mike Schmidt was elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1995. A three-time NL MVP, the Philadelphia third baseman hit 548 home runs and was MVP of the 1980 World Series when the Phillies won their only championship. Schmidt will vote on the Veterans Committee ballot, with results announced Feb. 27. Results from the Baseball Writers' Association of America election will be announced Jan. 9. By Mike Schmidt
It starts tonight in Fenway Park with the Yankees and Red Sox. It will end in November with the same two teams hoping to be the last one standing. But the Phillies have a similar goal and, in fact, the men from Cheesesteak Land are going for some history in 2010. After making the World Series just three times from 1916 to 2007 (and winning only in 1980), the Phillies are gunning for a third straight Fall Classic trip.
Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt hit 548 home runs and was a 12-time All-Star before retiring in 1989. A three-time NL MVP, the third baseman was MVP of the 1980 World Series when the Phillies won their only championship. It's that time again. Every night a game worth watching, every morning a game worth discussing. Every game has a moment that provides 24 hours of discussion, from water coolers to radio talk shows to ESPN.
With all due respect to the great years by my friends George, Wade and Brooks, the greatest year ever by a third baseman will very soon be owned by Alex Rodriguez. He'll eclipse my year in 1980 when we won the World Series, Brett's MVP and near-.400 year, and you can pick any one of several great years by Boggs and Robinson.
You gotta believe. The late Tug McGraw made that phrase famous while pitching for the Phillies when they won the World Series in 1980.
PHILADELPHIA - Tug McGraw walked out to the mound at Veterans Stadium four months ago and gave everyone one last thrill. With a sellout crowd watching and nearly 70 current and former Philadelphia Phillies standing on the field, McGraw re-enacted the final pitch of the 1980 World Series when he struck out Kansas City's Willie Wilson, raised his arms in triumph and leapt off the mound.
Philadelphia -- The Philadelphia Phillies can thank the Milwaukee Brewers for giving them a boost toward their first World Series title since 1980. The Phillies, who led Tampa Bay three games to one entering Game 5 Monday night, were struggling for an identity when the Brewers came to Citizens Bank Park on Sept. 11 for a four-game series. Philadelphia trailed Milwaukee by four games in the National League wild-card race and lagged behind the New York Mets in the NL East by 3 1/2 games.
Returning to Philadelphia for the third game of the 2008 World Series, Steve Carlton's famous left arm failed him. It had been quite a hiatus," said Carlton, who lifted the Phillies to their first World Series title in 1980. "We went back for it. I threw out the first pitch of the third game. I made it about 40 feet. That was the last time I threw a ball.
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