2002
First Published
4.04
Average Rating
240
Number of Pages
Stubble scruffed up their chins. Tobacco wads ballooned their cheeks. The 1993 Philadelphia Phillies 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 said. Though they weren´t a photogenic bunch, their mugs were everywhere, on "Baseball Today," on David Letterman, and on "Saturday Night Live." Even President Clinton quipped about them. The updated softcover edition of Robert Gordon´s and Tom Burgoyne´s More than Beards, Bellies and The Story of the 1993 Phillies (And the Phillie Phanatic Too) tells the complete story of this gang of baseball throwbacks that quickly seduced the hometown fans. By season´s end they had won over the rest of the country, too. America´s Most Wanted Team became America´s Team in a heart-thumping World Series against Toronto. The ´93 Phils drew more spectators than any other Philadelphia franchise in the city´s century-and-a-quarter of professional sports. More than Beards, Bellies and Biceps offers the story of a team that burned the candle at both ends and lit up a city like a firecracker.
Avg Rating
4.04
Number of Ratings
70
5 STARS
31%
4 STARS
46%
3 STARS
19%
2 STARS
4%
1 STARS
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