The benchmark volume for any fan wanting to know all the facts about baseball's oldest continuous one-city, one-name team is back in a new edition. To help commemorate the Phillies move to a new ballpark in 2004, authors Rich Westcott and Frank Bilovsky have updated and expanded this indispensable work for the first time since 1993. The authors have revised existing player biographies and stats, and added profiles of new Phillies. Seventy-five new photos and a 16-page color insert bring the total number of illustrations to an amazing 600-plus. And longtime Phils' broadcaster Harry Kalas has contributed a new Foreword for the occasion."The Phillies Encyclopedia, Third Edition", will recall all the highs and the lows of one of America's most storied baseball teams to oldtimers and a new generation of fans alike. From Baker Bowl days to Citizens Bank Park, from Chuck Klein to Jim Thome, it's over a century of baseball in a single book. New features include: over seventy new photographs; updated biographies of every Phillies Hall-of-Famer; updated stats on every player through the end of the 2003 season; 11 new seasons added; almost every chapter updated with new information on team history; and, new player profiles.Rich Westcott was publisher and editor of Phillies Report. Besides the previous edition of "The Phillies Encyclopedia", co-authored with Frank Bilovsky, he is the author most recently of "Native Sons: Philadelphia Baseball Players Who Made the Major Leagues" (Temple). Frank Bilovsky, business writer for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, is a former sportswriter and columnist for the Philadelphia Bulletin. He is also the author of "Lion Country: Inside Penn State Football".
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"What a way to bring in 2004! With state-of-the-art Citizens Bank Park and The Phillies Encyclopedia, Rich Westcott and Frank Bilovsky have captured the 121 years of Phillies baseball history with painstaking research, hundreds of interviews, and a love and devotion of the Fightin' Phils and baseball." --Harry Kalas, from the Foreword "At 5.5 pounds and 667 pages, it's a veritable trough of Phillies information...contain[ing] just about any team fact imaginable." --The Philadelphia City Paper "... filled with fascinating anecdotes." --Philadelphia Inquirer "[I]nvaluable...the book has it all...a delightful companion for anyone with even a passing interest in baseball and the Phillies." --The Chestnut Hill Local
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The third edition of The Phillies Encyclopedia was released prior to the 2004 season. The original version was released in 1983, and a second edition was printed in 1993. Anything you've ever wanted to know about the Phillies is all here from their inaugural year of 1883 through the end of the Veterans Stadium era in 2003. A summary of every season is included, bios of over 200 players, every manager, owner, and club president. Rare facts, stories, you name it, it's here.
If you are a diehard Phillies fan, this is for you. If you are a casual Phillies fan, and would like to learn more of the team's history, this is a great place to start. If you are a fan of baseball history in general, I highly recommend The Phillies Encyclopedia. I can't wait until the next edition comes out!
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This was definitely the most complete and insightful report on Philadelphia Phillies history that I have ever read. A complete look at each season, the players, as wells as the management and administration of this fine organization. Wonderful pictures and a complete record section made this book one of the finest of its type.
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A one stop book on Phillies history. Stats, stories, photos. Its all in there. It is truly an awesome book for any Phillies fan, any baseball fan for that matter. A great piece of work.
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