Writer: Matt Albertson
Pete Rose will likely appear on the Philladelphia Phillies’ Wall of Fame ballot in 2017, further thawing relations between he and major league baseball.
Could Tommy Joseph be the Phillies’ surprise bat of 2017 and first baseman of the future? Or will prospect Rhys Hoskins earn that title?
Claire Smith, who covered Philadelphia sports for the Evening Bulletin and Philadelphia Inquirer, awarded J.G. Taylor Spink Award
The Phillies experienced a lot of losing interrupted by the occasional accident of mountain top glory.
Curt Schilling is the latest in Sports Talk Philly’s series on the greatest members of the Philadelphia Phillies to not be elected to the Hall of Fame.
Who just missed out on Sports Talk Philly’s countdown of the top 25 Philadelphia Phillies of all-time? Quite a few players with impressive resumes.
“He made me want to throw my bat away when I went to the plate,” said Hall of Fame second baseman Johnny Evers. “He fed me pitches I couldn’t hit. If I let them go, they were strikes. He made you hit bad balls. He could throw into a tin can all day long.”
One of the game’s greatest sluggers. Led National League hitters in 1899 with an average of .408 for Philadelphia…made 6 hits in 6 times at bat twice during career and once hit 4 home runs in a game.
Dick Allen led the majors in OPS plus during a ten year span from 1964-1973 and will be up for Hall of Fame consideration once again.
Power hitting centerfielder Cy Williams was the first player in major league history to hit over 200 home runs.
