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BOSSHOG

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10. I'm still in therapy

Reply to EnergizedLib (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 8, 2024, 10:56 PM

Dec 2024

The freaking World Series tickets were printed. I had a transistor radio. Listened to all the away games. One by one the season the title slipped away. Gene Mauch living in infamy. But I’ll be a Phillie Fan to the end. Got my 1980 World Series Champ Ring and a shrine to Michael Jack in the garage.

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Dave Parker, Dick Allen elected to Cooperstown [View all] EnergizedLib Dec 2024 OP

Richie Allen to Old Phillie Fans BOSSHOG Dec 2024 #1

His rookie card was the 1964 Topps EnergizedLib Dec 2024 #3

Dick Allen was a real slugger in his heyday. bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #2

We lived 6 blocks from Connie Mack in the early 60s. BOSSHOG Dec 2024 #5

Wow, that's the life! bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #6

Nice EnergizedLib Dec 2024 #7

I'm still in therapy BOSSHOG Dec 2024 #10

I feel like it's the same for me as a Cubs fan EnergizedLib Dec 2024 #11

He Hit One At Comisky That Hit The Scoreboard ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #12

I searched for video but no cigar bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #13

I'm old enough to recall when Dick Allen was still Richie Allen. rsdsharp Dec 2024 #4

For Parker, it was cocaine EnergizedLib Dec 2024 #8

about time for Dick Allen to get in. NoRethugFriends Dec 2024 #9