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Phillies 1980! - Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Pete Rose, and Philadelphia's First World Series Championship (Hardcover)
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Phillies 1980! - Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Pete Rose, and Philadelphia's First World Series Championship (Hardcover)
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How the 1980 Philadelphia Phillies Won the First World Series
Championship in Franchise History The road was rocky and the
suspense intense as a make-or-break 1980 baseball season unfolded
for the Philadelphia Phillies under a new, often-unpopular manager
who sought to shape a collection of All-Star talent into champions.
In the end, Dallas Green's gruffness, Pete Rose's clubhouse
leadership, Mike Schmidt's Most Valuable Player performance, Steve
Carlton's almost unbeatable pitching, Tug McGraw's irrepressible
personality--plus contributions from young, unheralded players and
savvy veterans--led the club to the franchise's first World Series
in history. Although the Phillies had risen to prominence and
relevance in the late 1970s, they could not get past the National
League Championship Series. Management was tempted to blow up the
team. Wooing Rose as a free agent to add spirit, as well as a
clutch bat, and the promotion of the reluctant Green from the farm
system in place of well-liked Danny Ozark, helped change the
dynamics of the team. The risky strategy led to some internal
discord and relentless challenges from Green, but after months of
seeming slow to emerge as a team prepared to grab a championship,
the Phillies clutch ballplaying through the end of September to
qualify for the playoffs, and then played inspired baseball when
most needed in October. Some forty years later, that Phillies group
is especially prized for the breakthrough in a near-century-long
wait for a title for a club that began play in 1883. Only once
since then have the Phillies claimed another crown. The mix of
superstars, with the major influence of such players as Bob Boone,
Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, Lonnie Smith, Manny Trillo, Garry
Maddox, and Bake McBride helped take the Phillies on a
months-long-ride, culminating in the glory they and their fans both
hungered for for so long.
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