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Almost a Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies (Paperback)
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Almost a Dynasty - The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies (Paperback)
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Being a Phillies fan has never been easy. The team has amassed the
most losses of any professional sports franchise in history, as
well as the longest losing streak and the most last-place finishes
in the major leagues. The year 1980 was redemption for a miserable,
century-old legacy of losing. It was also the beginning of the end
for a team that could have been among the very best in baseball
throughout the decade. Between 1980 and 1983 the Philadelphia
Phillies captured two pennants and a world championship. Legends
like Tug McGraw, Steve Carlton, Mike Schmidt, and Pete Rose led the
collection of homegrown products, veteran castoffs, and fair-haired
rookies. If they had won another World Series, the team not only
would have distanced themselves from a history of losing but would
have established a championship dynasty. It never happened. The
1981 season was a watershed for both the Phillies and baseball. A
players' strike led to a sixty-day work stoppage. The Phils, who
had been in first place before the strike, were unable to regain
their winning ways after play resumed. Labor relations between an
increasingly powerful Players Association and inflexible owners
became more acrimonious than ever before. Player salaries
skyrocketed. Old loyalties were forgotten, and the notion of a
homegrown team, like the 1980 Phillies, was a thing of the past.
Almost a Dynasty details the rise and fall of the 1980 World
Champion Phillies. Based on personal interviews, newspaper
accounts, and the keen insight of a veteran baseball writer, the
book convincingly explains why a team that had regularly made the
post-season in the mid- to late 1970s, only to lose in the
playoffs, was finally able to win its first world championship.
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