The Nugent era: Phillies Phlounder in Phutility.(Philadelphia Phillies, Gerald "Gerry" Nugent)

The National Pastime | January 1, 2005| | Copyright

A wag once wrote a history of the Philadelphia Phillies and entitled it "One Hundred Years in the Cellar." He was not far off the mark. In fact, in the first seven decades after the Phillies entered the National League in 1883, save for two brief periods of success in the 1890s and the mid-teens of the twentieth century, the team established a record of futility unmatched in baseball history. Compared to their hometown rivals, Connie Mack's Athletics, the Phillies were orphans in Philadelphia--with just one pennant to their credit in 1915 while playing their games in one of ...

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