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The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made It to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors
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Chris Coste (Narrator)
Chris Coste dreamed of playing major-league baseball from the age of seven. But after eleven grueling years in the minors, a spot on a major-league roster still seemed just out of his reach-until that fateful call came from the Philadelphia Phillies in May 2006. At age thirty-three ("going on eighty"), Coste was finally heading to the big time. ...
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"I Ain't an Athlete, Lady--": My Well-Rounded Life and Times
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John Kruk, Paul Hagen
In the bestselling tradition of Jim Bouton's Ball Four and Jay Johnstone's Temporary Insanity, here is the hilarious, no-holds-barred look inside the life and times of baseball's John Kruk. The All Star first baseman of the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies provides his many fans with an uncommon view of his life inside the Grand Old ...
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Whiz Kids and 1950 Pennant CL
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Robin Roberts, C Paul Rogers, Pat Williams (Foreword by)
A history of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1950, the year they were the youngest team ever fielded and yet won the National League Pennant away from the seasoned Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Pouring Six Beers at a Time: And Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball
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Bill Giles, Doug Myers, Jayson Stark (Foreword by)
Once dubbed the P.T. Barnum of Major League Baseball, the innovations, sideshows, and spectacles Bill Giles has orchestrated during a lifetime in baseball have brought more joy and laughter to more people than any other man in the history of the game. If the statisticians kept track of such things, "Uncle Bill" certainly would be all-time leader ...
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You Can't Lose 'em All: The Year the Phillies Finally Won the World Series
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Frank Fitzpatrick
The story of how the Philadelphia Phillies won the world series
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Worth the Wait: Tales of the 2008 Phillies
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Jayson Stark
For 25 years, Philadelphia waited. Waited for a team that could end the longest title drought by any city in America that fielded teams in all four professional sports. Waited for that one magical postseason run that could unleash a quarter-century of pent-up frustration. ...
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Fire and Spirit: The Story of the 1950 Phillies
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Carson Van Lindt
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The 1964 Phillies: The Story of Baseball's Most Memorable Collapse
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John P Rossi
In 1964, thousands of Philadelphian baseball fans were caught up in the Phillies' unexpected run at the National League pennant. After nearly a decade of continuous defeat, which earned them little more than the reputation for an unprecedented record of consecutive losses, the Phillies shocked the baseball world when they took over the National ...
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Phillies Reader
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Richard Orodenker (Editor)
Stories of Philadelphia Phillies achievers such as Chuck Klein, Richie Ashburn, Dick Allen, Mike Schmidt, as well as historical insights about the management's decision to provoke Jackie Robinson about his ethnicity, the shooting of Eddie Waitkus, the Whiz Kids, and the controversial managers such as Ben Chapman, Gene Mauch, Frank Lucchesi, and ...
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The Philadelphia Phillies
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Mark Stewart
The Team Spirit series paints an engaging, detailed yet accessible picture of professional sports teams. By focusing on the history, great victories and memorable personalities, the books have an enduring quality that will not go out of date quickly. The text is enhanced with plenty of full color photographs as well as reproductions of vintage ...
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101 Reasons to Love the Phillies
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Ron Green, Jr.
David and Ron Green rev up their friendly inter-league (and sibling) rivalry once again with these newest additions to the 101 Reasons to Love roster. This season, the Green brothers take on two more of baseballs oldest, most-storied, and best-loved big-city clubs: the Tigers and the Phils. Filled with action shots of todays star players and ...
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The Philadelphia Phillies
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Frederick G Lieb, Stan Baumgartner, William C Kashatus (Foreword by)
This is a facsimile edition of the celebrated 1953 history of the Phillies. Fred Lieb and Stan Baumgartner's history of the Philadelphia Phillies was originally published in 1953 as part of the celebrated series of major league team histories published by G. P. Putnam. With their colorful prose and delightful narratives, the Putnam books have been ...
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Mike Schmidt: Philadelphia's Hall of Fame Third Baseman
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William C Kashatus
Michael Jack Schmidt led the Philadelphia Phillies to five National League championship series and two World Series. Twelve times an All-Star, Schmidt was perhaps baseball's premier power hitter during the 1970s and 1980s. He was also exceptional in the field, winning ten Gold Gloves. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995, his first ...
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Phillies Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan!
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Rich Westcott
Packed with history, anecdotes, special moments, unforgettable figures, trivia, special lists and much more, this book is created to give Phillies fans an easy-to-read and completely inclusive reference book that will help them become the ultimate fan.
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Phillies 93 PB
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Rich Westcott, Alan Kravetz (Photographer)
This book features descriptions of the players, manager, and front office personnel. It includes over 100 photographs of the season's highlights; complete '93 statistics and selected box scores; and, post-season game-by-game summaries. The 1993 Phillies had more winning games than all but two Phillies teams in the club's 111-year history, and ...
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Tales from the Phillies Dugout
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Rich Westcott
The Phillies might be among the league leaders in bizarre incidents and unusual characters. Some of the personalities fans will meet in Tales from the Phillies Dugout include John Kruk, Tim McCarver, Bobby Abreu, Bob Uecker, Russ Meyer, Jim Thome, and Jay Johnstone. All played with the Phillies. So did world-famous evangelist Billy Sunday, NFL ...
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Batting Cleanup Bill Conlin
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Bill Conlin, Kevin Kerrane (Editor), Dick Schaap (Foreword by)
For over three decades Bill Conlin has anchored one of America's best sports sections: the back pages of the "Philadelphia Daily News". Conlin has spent his entire career in Philadelphia, starting with the Philadelphia Bulletin, but he is probably best known for his tremendous contribution to the "Philadelphia Daily News". This sassy tabloid ...
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The Fall of the 1977 Phillies: How a Baseball Team's Collapse Sank a City's Spirit
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Mitchell Nathanson
Discusses the specifics of an inning of the so-called Black Friday Game. This book tells how, the events that unfolded both in the stands and on the field during the afternoon of Friday, October 7, 1977, would forever change how Philadelphians viewed the Phillies.
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This date in Philadelphia Phillies history : a day by day listing of events in the history of the Philadelphia National League baseball team
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Allen Lewis, Larry Shenk
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Mike Schmidt, baseball's young lion
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Jim Wright
A biography of the Philadelphia Phillies player who, after being the worst hitter in the major leagues, becames home-run champion three years in a row.
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The team that wouldn't die : the Philadelphia Phillies, world champions, 1980
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Hal Bodley
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Richard Rambeck, Michael E Goodman
A team history of the Philadelphia Phillies, a club that has had its ups and downs but keeps its loyal fans.
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Philadelphia Phillies
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Aaron Frisch
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Veterans Stadium: Field of Memories
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Rich Westcott, Darren Daulton (Foreword by)
In its thirty three years, Veterans Stadium was the most important sports venue in Philadelphia. It was the home of the Phillies, the Eagles, seventeen Army-Navy games, Temple football, plus such short lived teams as the Atoms, Fury, and Stars. The Vet was also the site of countless nonsporting activites too. Hailed as a technological wonder when ...
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The Story of the Philadelphia Phillies
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Michael E Goodman
This completely revised, updated, and lengthened book examines the Phillies from its first season to 2008 prospects. With special sections on the dream team by position and great moments in history, these are a read that can't be missed.
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