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No Mistaking Loyalties: An NLCS To Savor

 
I know I'm not one of the older fans of the Phillies but I'll put my memories and knowledge up there with any of them.  It comes from newspapers, family stories, and today, the internet.  But back in the late 80s and early 90s, you only had the paper and the beginnings of the cable boom.  One of the first extra cable channels was TBS, based out of Atlanta.  All the reruns you could want of old TV shows and.....Atlanta Braves baseball.  Which at the time, were worse than the Phillies.  But in 1989, two players had my short attention span as a nine-year-old: Tom Glavine and David Justice.  The team was still terrible, but these guys were players.  And then 1991 happened.  Before the Rays did it, these guys did it. Before there was the wild card and teams IN Florida, not to mention Colorado.  Worst to first, back to back to trips to the World Series, two great NLCS matchups with the Pirates, a thin Barry Bonds for god sakes!  Sid Bream, Terry ... (link)

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