I just realized I could've used Genesis Cabrera in the spot i used Phil Collins. Then I would have TWO HEARTS beating in just one grid. That's it. Im done. For good this time.

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Im glad somebody picked up on that. Usually I get NO REPLY AT ALL.

15. All Phillies
*Buddy Kennedy from Millville NJ
* Kid Gleason from Camden NJ
* my Cub/Cardinal choice is from his lesser known pre-Genesis days.

I was about to make this exact same post.

Me too, haha. Baseball fights, mostly, are stupid. But there's been a handful of good ones. Bautista-Odor qualifies for sure.

23. All Phillies
*Andrew Bailey from Voohees NJ
*I had to sacrifice score to make it all Phillies, but at least I thought of Dick Stuart before using Foxx.
*totally blanked on the center square

4. All Phillies
*Steve Frey from William Tennant High School
*Erik Kratz from Lansdale PA

*I really expect this rarity to drop.

10. 8 Phillies and 1 Philadelphia A's.
* Jeff Manto from Bristol PA

5% for Hassey is wild. That's a strong pull.

20. 8/9 Phillies
*most of that score was from my only non-Phillie
*Andrew Bailey from Voohees NJ
*Bobby Shantz from Pottstown, PA
* Wildfire Schulte!

*Orsulak from Glen Ridge, NJ

👏👏👏👏. Very beautiful

7/9 Phillies.
* I tried for former Phillie Sixto Lezcano in the Brewers 6+WAR box.
* I think the Brewers and Orioles are the only 2 teams that DON'T have a 6+ WAR guy who was a Phillie.

Thanks for the memories Nick. It's time to move on.

Yes, and he was right in doing so. Nobody pushes Ichiro.

Thank you for posting this. I've never seen this. Ichiro and Blanton are the 2 unlikeliest guys to be involved in a an altercation with each other.

For sure, I actually should've used him in the Cairo spot. He played exactly ONE game with Seattle.

2. All Phillies
*Jeff Manto from Bristol PA
*Travis Jankowski from Lancaster PA
*Dave Gallagher from Trenton, NJ

8. All Phillies and 7/9 Mets
* i tried to do all Mets and all Phillies but fell short, hence the Francoeur and Abreu picks.
* Dave Gallagher from Trenton, NJ which is nearly halfway between Philly and NY

Fernandomania was a cultural phenomenon. If he gets in, it would help my immaculate grid. Right now, there's ZERO Padre HOFers that played for the Phillies.

It's possible that none of them gets re-signed. I feel like JT and Kyle are the most likely, though I still feel like Kyle ends up in Cincinnati. Mayza is a local guy who might get a spring invite.

I agree about Andruw Jones. I think he gets docked because he was just an average player for the last 5 years of his career- Utley has the same issue. But both guys were elite and better than a lot of other HOFers.

2. All Phillies
*Bobby Shantz from Pottstown, PA

94 Ws is not too shabby considering all the distractions. Stanky was undefeated 😄

Both options are excellent choices. It makes me happy to know there's people who remember Manto- and not just in my hometown.

I didn't know he managed for 1 day🤣. He's a good local guy but he never played for the Phillies. One day I'll do a grid of just Philly area guys. Christian Walker, Zac Gallen, Yesavage, Davis Schneider, Tom Filer, Ben Davis, John Marzano, Joey Wendel...

7. All Phillies
*Andrew Bailey from Voohees NJ
*Jeff Manto from Bristol PA
*Del Ennis from Olney HS in Philadelphia

The Blue Jays (as a team) ground into more DPs than any other team. It's on-brand for them. The Phillies would've just struck out 3x in a row. The only common denominator was that ill-advised bunt.

I just told my buddy he looks a lot like Aaron Boone- when
Boone was a player.