Spring Training: Larry Shenk
Great to see my friend Larry Shenk at the #Phillies #SpringTraining Alumni Day on Saturday
Great to see my friend Larry Shenk at the #Phillies #SpringTraining Alumni Day on Saturday
49 years ago, Rick Wise had a pretty good day. While he was recoving from the flu, The Phillies right-hander throws only 95 pitches to 28 batters to no-hit the Reds in Cincinnati AND he hit 2 home runs. Wise played 12 seasons in the National League (where he was allowed to bat) and hit…
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I first met Ernie Banks in the summer of 1958. I was in the 10th grade. John Ogden (the scout that would sign me with the Phillies) took a group of us to Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field to see a ballgame between the Cubs and the Pirates. Although I considered myself a basketball player first and…
On the day in 1980, Mike Schmidt hit the 260th and 261st home runs of his career… the most in Philadelphia Phillies history. Schmitty jumped ahead of former Phillies slugger Del Ennis with a first inning 2 run blast and added another in the third inning, both off Atlanta lefty Larry McWilliams. In the game…
Plaque hanging on the old Wampum High School Gym. Dick’s brothers Coy, Hank, Caesar and Ron are all represented here remembering the Wampum High School Indians. Editors note: The previous version of this post was incorrectly written with two errors: 1) The post failed to recognized Dick’s brother, CAESAR CRAINE. 2) The author inadvertently copied the text email from…
Warm birthday wishes to my friend and former #WhiteSox & #Phillies teammate Jim Kaat