The Phillies Experience: A Year-by-Year Chronicle of the Philadelphia Phillies

by Tyler Kepner

Overview

This year-by-year history of one of baseball’ s most iconic franchises presents the stories, characters, and memorable moments that have defined every season of Philadelphia Phillies baseball since the franchise’ s founding in 1883. The Phillies Experience explores both the on-field events and off-field drama that made each season unique, and it includes profiles of the stars and near-stars who made baseball history: Robin Roberts, Richie Ashburn, Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Jim Bunning, Pete Alexander, Chuck Klein, Del Ennis, Dick Allen, Tug McGraw, Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, Garry Maddox, Pete Rose, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Cliff Lee, and many, many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610588140
Publisher:	MVP Books
Publication date:	03/22/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	82 MB
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About the Author

A native of Philadelphia, Tyler Kepner has been a baseball writer for the New York Times since 2000 and before that covered the Angels for the Riverside Press-Enterprise and the Mariners for the SeattlePost-Intelligencer. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and their four children.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Nineteenth Century
1900–1919
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s to Today
Photo Credits
Index

Editorial Reviews

If books were judged like beauty pageants, “The Phillies Experience” by Tyler Kepner, would win from there to Atlantic City.” - Philadelphia Sports Weekly

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