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Title: You Can't Lose 'Em All: The Year the Phillies Finally Won the World Series (The Year the Phillies Finally Won the World Series) by Frank Fitzpatrick ISBN: 0-87833-199-9 Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: November, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Like an Old Picture in a Yearbook
Comment: Well-written, concise, and never dull, Fitzpatrick captures the year that was in Philadelphia professional sports: 1980. Each of the four major pro sports teams in Philadelphia had outstanding seasons that year (all reaching the championship level), but only the Phils brought the title to Broad Street. They did it under downright bizzare circumstances and proved that the elusive "chemistry" between teammates does not always make a winner. The book also brings in a bunch of cultural references from that year and richly describes the woe of the early Phillies teams and how the team has performed since then. I look forward to the sequel when Jim Thome is on the cover instead of Mike Schmidt...

Rating: 4
Summary: Left me with fond memories of 1980
Comment: I was 10 years old when the Phillies finally won the World Series. I say "finally" for me, because at the time I could only remember the failures of 1976, 1977 and 1978, which were burned into my memory. But Fitzpatrick points out that the franchise waited much longer than I did, through some of the worst years in baseball history, before breaking through in 1980. And they did it with a group that was constantly at each others' throats, united only by their quest for a championship that most believed they could never achieve.

Written with great humor and respect for the history of the city and its team, this book is a quick and worthwhile read.

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