Table of Contents Page Chapter Chapter Page Meet the Phillies 4 Glory Days 6 Home Turf 12 Dressed for Success 14 We Won 16 Go-To Guys 20 Calling the Shots 24 One Great Day 26 Legend Has It 28 It Really Happened 30 Team Spirit 32 Timeline 34 Fun Facts 36 Talking Baseball 38 Great Debates 40 For the Record 42 Pinpoints 44 Glossary 46 Extra Innings 47 Index 48 ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type
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Meet the Phillies I n the city of Philadelphia Pennsylvania sports fans have a lot of choices There are professional teams in baseball football ootball basketball and hockey College sports also compete for for attention The Phillies are the city’s oldest team They have e been bringing together friends families and baseball fans since the 1800s The athletes who play for the Phillies come from all over the country and all over the world Like others in the city they help give Philadelphia its wonderful diversity They also work as hard at their jobs as the people who pay to watch them play This book tells the story of the Phillies Year in and year out ut they do whatever they can to reach the World Series And each each season people come from miles around to be part of that journey They cheer for the Phillies when they play well and definitely let them hear about it when they don’t That is the Philadelphia way Philadelphia fans cheer Ryan Howard after he scores a run 5
