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Today in 1980 : Game 5
On this day in 1980, the Phillies take command of the World Series with a two run 9th-inning rally against the Kansas City Royals winning Game 5. The game was scoreless until the fourth when Mike Schmidt hit a two-run bomb to right-center. The red-hot Amos Otis led the Royals back with another homer, and by the sixth, K.C. was…
On this day… Bill Buckner
27 Years ago… even as a video game… this is painful to watch. For the record: Bill Buckner is a good man. He was a great baseball player. We played together on the ’71 Dodgers. He had the type of career most players only dream about. Sadly, the vast majority of the people in the world…
On this day… Gibson goes deep
25 years ago today, the LA Dodgers hosted the powerful Oakland A’s in the first game of the 1988 World Series. Oakland was heavily favored to crush the shorthanded Dodgers, who playing without their leader, 1988 NL MVP Kirk Gibson. When the game started, Gibson was nowhere in sight, he was in too much pain…
Happy Tug McGraw Day
Born on this day in 1944 in Martinez, California… Frank Edwin McGraw Jr. He would grow up to become a big league pitcher and deliver what is considered by many, the most memorable moment in Philadelphia Phillies history. Happy Birthday Tug! Visit and support the Tug McGraw Foundation today!