More Than Beards, Bellies and Biceps: The Story of the 1993 Phillies (And the Phillie Phanatic Too) - Hardcover

Gordon, Robert; Burgoyne, Tom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582614911 ISBN 13: 9781582614915

Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC, 2002

Synopsis

Stubble scruffed up their chins. Tobacco wads ballooned their cheeks. The '93 Phils had the look of a slow-pitch softball team itching to kick some serious butt. They did kick butt, too, on and off the field. "They lived the life of professional baseball players as fully as it can be done," manager Jim Fregosi says. Though they weren't a photogenic bunch, their mugs were everywhere, on Baseball Today, on the Letterman Show, on Saturday Night Live (Chris Farley made a helluva John Kruk). Even President Clinton quipped about them. A gang of baseball throwbacks, they quickly seduced the hometown fans. By season's end, they won over the rest of the country, too. America's Most Wanted Team became America's Team in a heart-thumping fall classic against Toronto. The '93 Phils drew more spectators than any other Philadelphia franchise in the city's century-and-a-quarter of professional sports. Here's the story of a team that burned the candle at both ends and lit up a city like a firecracker.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Gordon is the author of several highly successful books, including it Came from Memphis and The King on the Road. He produced the Al Green boxed set Anthology, for which his liner notes were nominated for a Grammy Award in 1998. He lives in Memphis with his wife and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1582614911
• ISBN 13: 9781582614915
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 225