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“[Richie] Ashburn is the fastest man I’ve ever seen getting down to first base…anybody who’s faster than Ashburn isn’t running. He’s flying.”
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Primary quarterbacks who wear #11 in Eagle green have typically brought great fortune to the franchise and its fanbase.
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“When we got him [Lofton], I was excited because there are certain guys over your career that can win games a lot of different ways. He’s that guy.” – Jim Thome
Now 3,000-plus miles apart, the Phillies and Athletics were intercity rivals who played one another in the annual City Series.
The Phillies’ first permanent home was the scene of some of the greatest sporting tragedies in American sports history.