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Chuck Klein Hit .386. The Phillies Still Lost 102 Games.
The Phillies had 27 hits against Pittsburgh on July 23, 1930. Don Hurst hit two home runs. They scored 15 times, enough to win almost any ordinary baseball game.
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The Wire Beneath the Phillies’ Coach’s Box
Tommy Corcoran was supposed to be playing shortstop. Instead, during the third inning of a September 1900 game in Philadelphia, the Cincinnati Reds player began digging into the dirt around the third-base coach’s box.
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A Phillies Game, a Rotten Balcony—and a Fight Over Blame
The baseball game was tied when the sound from beyond the ballpark began drawing attention. On August 8, 1903, the Phillies and Boston were in the fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader. Spectators in the bleachers turned toward a disturbance on 15th Street. Some moved onto a wooden passageway that overlooked it.
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The Grounder That Kept the Phillies’ 1980 Pennant Hopes Alive
With Nolan Ryan on the mound and a three-run lead, Houston needed six more outs to win the National League pennant. Philadelphia needed something less grand than a home run to begin its comeback. It needed a ground ball to go somewhere other than a fielder’s glove.