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newsday.com - 9/6/2008
Schmidt inspires Phillies while dissing Mets
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The message stood for all to see, although no one claimed much knowledge of it afterward. Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt, the greatest player in Phillies history, sent an e-mail devised to inspire his modern-day successors. And to tweak their opponents.

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