The Fall of the 1977 Phillies
By Peter Schiller on Mar 11, 2008 with Comments 2
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[...] It is a site for the most fanatical Phillies fans to share ideas, absorb information, and rant with impunity. Though there are certainly other blogs out there that deal with the Phillies, this one is written exclusively through a fan’s perspective. Stats and algorithms have their place in analyzing baseball, but if a player sucks, Phillies fans don’t require quantitative proof. We smell failure a mile away. We boo first, ask questions later. And in those rare cases when sweet victory befalls upon us, we rejoice and celebrate like only Phillies fans do: by going to Geno’s and making it a two cheesesteak night.These guys live and die by the Phillies and are as Phanatical of phans as you can get. It’s that intensity that makes this a good read. I hope you agree.For a good read, click on the link below and go check out this book by Professor Mitchell Nathanson of Villanova University School of Law entitled, “The Fall of the 1977 Phillies: How a Baseball Team’s Collapse Sank a City’s Spirit”. [...]