The Whiz Kids recounts the story of the Philadelphia Phillies, who ended decades of futility to win the National League pennant in the last game of the season in 1950, lost the World Series to the Yankees, but remain legendary in Philly and beyond.
The Whiz Kids recounts the story of the Philadelphia Phillies, who ended decades of futility to win the National League pennant in the last game of the season in 1950, lost the World Series to the Yankees, but remain legendary in Philly and beyond.
Dennis Snelling is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Pacific Coast League Historical Society. He is the author of Lefty O’Doul: Baseball’s Forgotten Ambassador (Nebraska, 2017), Johnny Evers: A Baseball Life, and The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903–1957.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. A Not Always Concise but Nonetheless Relatively Brief History of Philadelphia Baseball from Its Beginnings, with a Particular Emphasis on the Trials and Tribulations of the Philadelphia Phillies up to and through 1942 2. The First Whiz Kids 3. Signing Up 479 Wins in Four Months 4. Moving On without the Squire 5. I’m Unpredictable 6. I’m Glad to Be! 7. You Guys Look like You Want to Win the Pennant 8. Don’t Say I Am Predicting a Pennant 9. The Fightin’ Phils Fight Themselves in September 10. Sisler, Hemingway, and a Date with the Yankees 11. They’ll Win the Pennant for the Next Six Years 12. Will They Want Their Second as Much as the First? 13. From Contender to Afterthought 14. I Gave It All I Had 15. Ghosts of Greatness Past Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. A Not Always Concise but Nonetheless Relatively Brief History of Philadelphia Baseball from Its Beginnings, with a Particular Emphasis on the Trials and Tribulations of the Philadelphia Phillies up to and through 1942 2. The First Whiz Kids 3. Signing Up 479 Wins in Four Months 4. Moving On without the Squire 5. I’m Unpredictable 6. I’m Glad to Be! 7. You Guys Look like You Want to Win the Pennant 8. Don’t Say I Am Predicting a Pennant 9. The Fightin’ Phils Fight Themselves in September 10. Sisler, Hemingway, and a Date with the Yankees 11. They’ll Win the Pennant for the Next Six Years 12. Will They Want Their Second as Much as the First? 13. From Contender to Afterthought 14. I Gave It All I Had 15. Ghosts of Greatness Past Notes Bibliography Index
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