1980 Philadelphia Phillies Appreciation Thread

[Wilmington WOW]

In tribute to the one Phillies team to win a world championship in over 120 years, post your memories and pictures. This great team was responsible for getting Ronnie B. through some tough times in the 80's.

http://www.vintagesportsshoppe.com/cha90.jpg

[phillybri76]

Damn right, brother. This was one of my first memories as a VERY young Philly sports fan.

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PHO/862148~Tug-McGraw-World-Series-Last-Out-Celebration-Photofile-Posters.jpg

[Six-Pack]

One of the few times you could appreciate them

[NightStalker3]

http://www.geocities.com/1980phillies/

Who can forget "The Secretary of Defense," Garry Maddox

[Sinn Fein]

This guy brought leadership to the team and got them there:

http://imagesource.allposters.com/images/pic/PHO/AAEJ020~Pete-Rose-Phillies-Hands-on-knees-Photofile-Posters.jpg

Enough. Put him in the hall. If he wasn't white, he'd be in.

[Bob]

If only I was Alive.
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[MilkmanDan]

Greatest lefthanded pitcher ever?
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/9981/carltonzq0.jpg

[Wilmington WOW]

If only I was Alive.
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wow bob,
good to see you are a 4 for 4 guy
if your were born after 1983 you would have never witnessed a championship
those were the good ol days

[Ballbuster1]

We got to go to the 20th anniversary party at the Academy of Music.
My son went to school with Tug's stepson and they were both in the band
so we got to know Tug pretty well.
The band played for them when they went down Broad Street and we
all got to see the celebration.

Tug did his "Casey at the Bat" reading and we all got free copies of his
book " Ya Gota Believe!" It was great seeing all those old Champs
together one last time.

It was almost as fun as it was when they won it.

[Philly loser]

I had this album and listened to it countless times following that year.
http://i11.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/78/b0/9d35_1_b.JPG
I believe I bought it for $5 at the now defunct Kiddie City.

That team was the all-time highlight of my young sports fandom. Funny, I don't follow baseball at all any more. It's all football with a little mix of basketball now. But, nothing ever stuck with me like that Phillies team.

1980 - a GREAT year to be a Philadelphia fan. Lean times since, but thankfully I have those memories.

[Wilmington WOW]

We got to go to the 20th anniversary party at the Academy of Music.
My son went to school with Tug's stepson and they were both in the band
so we got to know Tug pretty well.
The band played for them when they went down Broad Street and we
all got to see the celebration.

Tug did his "Casey at the Bat" reading and we all got free copies of his
book " Ya Gota Believe!" It was great seeing all those old Champs
together one last time.

It was almost as fun as it was when they won it.




pretty cool. I remember that 2nd parade
was that the son of Tug that got into a little bit of trouble?

[Kyle]

Best.Thread.Ever.


http://www.legendarybaseball.com/phl/larry_bowa/bbc.jpg

[THE FEZ MAN]

i used to see tug all the time. i wish i had asked him for an autograph on my old world champion pennant, dicky nowles used to be around all the time too

[Philly loser]

Good one Kyle. Ya gotta love Bowa. I remember a game, I think in 78 or 79, against the Pirates. They intentionally walked the guy in front of Bowa, who promptly tripled. Once standing on third, he flipped off the Pirates dugout. Ya gotta love that intensity.

A happy pic:
http://www.explorepahistory.com/images/tn_ExplorePAHistory-a0a0p7-a_349.jpg

[Ballbuster1]

dicky nowles used to be around all the time too
He still lives in Aston.
was that the son of Tug that got into a little bit of trouble?
Naw. He was a good kid. My son actually took his girlfriend to her
Junior Prom when his appendix burst and he couldn't go.
Just a few hours notice to get a tux and get his ass out the door on time.

[Bob]

wow bob,
good to see you are a 4 for 4 guy
if your were born after 1983 you would have never witnessed a championship
those were the good ol days

I was born November of 83, I'm still waiting. :icon_cry:

[Ballbuster1]

Being born in 56, I've been alive for all of them. I don't remember
the Eagles Championship of 1960 because I was only 4 but I do
remember the later ones by the Phils, the Flyers and the 76ers.

Philly does win championships, just not very often.

[Philly loser]

BB! I'm not the oldest bastard here? I was born in 66. I wasn't around for the 60 championship. I am still waiting for that elusive football title.

I vividly remember the 83 Sixers title, the Super Bowl against the Raiders (I hate Kenny King!) and of course the various heart breaks by all franchises. But, that 80 Phillies team is engrained. It was an amazingly exciting run. The LCS with the Astros was an amazing series.

The windup by Ruthven, the three-two pitch. Here's a punch-shot to center field. Maddox racing over. He catches the ball! Phillies win the pennant! The Phillies have won the pennant! The Phillies have won the ball game, 8 to 7! They go to the World Series for the first time in thirty years! — Andy Musser's call of the final pitch of the 1980 NLCS
:clap:

[watsonnostaw]

the "Hot Pants Patrol" was the best

as far as players.... Bake McBride

http://espn.go.com/i/page2/photos/040414mcbride.jpghttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/bake_mcbride_autograph.jpg

best fro on the team

[watsonnostaw]

Enough. Put him in the hall. If he wasn't white, he'd be in.

if he wasnt white, he wouldnt have got caught :icon_sad:

[Wilmington WOW]

The playoff between the Astros and the Phillies has been called by many the greatest NLCS ever.
(remember only 2 divisions, LCS, then the world series)
BB1 you might remember just the world series, 1 division per league and no playoffs.



Luv Ronnie B.'s passion for hte team. Cowbell to the head the next time the dog F'er disrespects the team.
He should be appologizing to Manny Trillo directly

[Hudson]

Got their autographs from a Bar Association dinner with my dad on a Reserved Seating sign...wondering...... what it's worth today?

[TonyBagels]

http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2004-01/10881557.jpg
:action-sm


This all started with a LOTD
http://wackbag.com/showpost.php?p=1466104&postcount=1492


I've always said that Ron is like Steve Carlton with those cowbells. Accuracy like you wouldn't believe.

[Sinn Fein]

I will never forget the time Pete Rose slid into home and took out the catcher from the Astros during the '80 NLCS.

I remember the '83 Sixers championship. Ironically, what I remember most was my English teacher at the time mocking Moses Malone's "Do 4" chant. If a teacher said 1/4 of that shit today, they'd be out the door too fast to hear the words "you're fired!"

[Kyle]

Luv Ronnie B.'s passion for hte team. Cowbell to the head the next time the dog F'er disrespects the team.
He should be appologizing to Manny Trillo directly

Dave's a fraud Yankees fan anyway...he said he was born in PA. He's a Phillies fan by birthright.

Embrace your destiny, Dave.

[Wilmington WOW]

http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2004-01/10881557.jpg
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This all started with a LOTD
http://wackbag.com/showpost.php?p=1466104&postcount=1492


I've always said that Ron is like Steve Carlton with those cowbells. Accuracy like you wouldn't believe.


Tony Bagels you are the man
I cant believe you got that word for word

[steamingpile]

80 phillies sucked

[Sinn Fein]

Did they? :icon_roll

[Wilmington WOW]

80 phillies sucked


atlanta home of the worst sports fans in america

[steamingpile]

atlanta home of the worst sports fans in america

Atlanta-where we have more to do than cheer for teams who dont give a shit about the city.

Also, the influx of northerners is getting ridiculous, please ask them to return to the shit stain up north.

We also find it funny that people make fun of us when even the yankees had afternoon playoffs games that werent full and there are 4x as many living up there as down here. We also have the shittiest rail system in the states, no rapid movement and we can almost drive there as quick as taking our shitty transportation.

[earlshog]

Atlanta-where we have more to do than cheer for teams who dont give a shit about the city.

Also, the influx of northerners is getting ridiculous, please ask them to return to the shit stain up north.

We also find it funny that people make fun of us when even the yankees had afternoon playoffs games that werent full and there are 4x as many living up there as down here. We also have the shittiest rail system in the states, no rapid movement and we can almost drive there as quick as taking our shitty transportation.

so which is it that your teams don't care about you and thats why you are terrible fans or is it your rail system... I am not quite getting your point sir... what do the Yanks have anything to do with the Phillies... I hate to defend the Yanks but you can't compare the Braves to them on your finest day...

And if you don't like the 80 Phils how about the 93 team...

[Kyle]

Atlanta-where we have more to do than cheer for teams who dont give a shit about the city.

Also, the influx of northerners is getting ridiculous, please ask them to return to the shit stain up north.

We also find it funny that people make fun of us when even the yankees had afternoon playoffs games that werent full and there are 4x as many living up there as down here. We also have the shittiest rail system in the states, no rapid movement and we can almost drive there as quick as taking our shitty transportation.


Really breaking down those southern stereotypes. :icon_roll

But the last part of this is what intrigues me. What the hell are you talking about with 'afternoon playoff games.'

The Braves played the Cubs a couple years ago in almost all night games and it was 70% Cubs fans in that place for just about every game.

Atlanta is by far the worst sports town in America...and dare I say the worst city period in America. Seriously, what the fuck do you have there? Turner? Coca-Cola? Black Spring Break? And let's not forget this little gem:

http://www.newcounterculture.com/log/graphics/cynthia_mckinney.jpg

Now, let's get back to the business at hand:

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48 HRs that year and the MVP!

[Sinn Fein]

The '80 Braves were 81-80, finished fourth in the NL West.

The '80 Phillies were 91-71, finished first in the NL East and won the World Series.

I have nothing further.

[Redding]

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/c/c7/260px-10089591.jpg

48 HRs that year and the MVP!

huge Michael Jack Schmidt mark!...

I have this jersey

http://www.onlinesports.com/images/mn-ph76r20.jpg

and a signed ball and Plaque...

[Absolutely]

Ron's Favorite Phillie

http://home.dejazzd.com/brat/elions/wildthing.jpg

[Kyle]

Ron's Favorite Phillie

http://home.dejazzd.com/brat/elions/wildthing.jpg


I wish you bludgeoned with an unwavering barage of cowbells for posting 'he who shall not be named.'

[Kyle]

Nothing to do with the 80 Phils, but has anyone seen this video of Larry Bowa from when he was a player with the Cubs? It takes a minute, but it's fucking hysterical:

http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=1187&pageid=2

[Save My Up's Dick]

Also, the influx of northerners is getting ridiculous, please ask them to return to the shit stain up north.

The War is over stupid, get over it, you lost.

[steamingpile]

Really breaking down those southern stereotypes. :icon_roll

But the last part of this is what intrigues me. What the hell are you talking about with 'afternoon playoff games.'

The Braves played the Cubs a couple years ago in almost all night games and it was 70% Cubs fans in that place for just about every game.

That is just a flat out lie

Atlanta is by far the worst sports town in America...and dare I say the worst city period in America. Seriously, what the fuck do you have there? Turner? Coca-Cola? Black Spring Break?

Worst? I dont think so, maybe you would see more phillies fans not going to the playoffs if they made it more than once every 5 years, I just find it ironic that NY fans choose to make fun of people not going in atlanta but ignore their own stands being empty or fans leaving early in a blowout.

I still love the fact that chipper named his son Shea after killing them so much in shea.

Fact still remains that people wrote them off quite a long time ago when they had to lower payroll but they still kept coming back.

Phils suck and mike schmidt is a homo


The War is over stupid, get over it, you lost.

No shit sherlock now keep everyone else up there if the north is so great

[hangoverbuffet]

Charlie Hustle is god

[Ol'BloodyBottom]

Thanks for Ryan Sandberg

[Glenn Dandy]

I remember being home alone like 11 years old, and when they won a rode my bike around yelling and hollering to noone because Blackwood was a baron white neighborhood then. I think i may have trated my self to a slice a pizza at LaRosas. on the black horse pike.

shit 27 fucking years ago. time flies.

[Wilmington WOW]

Nothing to do with the 80 Phils, but has anyone seen this video of Larry Bowa from when he was a player with the Cubs? It takes a minute, but it's fucking hysterical:

http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=1187&pageid=2


that is great


Philly fans travel more than any other sports city
I have been to 10 Super bowls and numerous away philly games
I have never seen so many fans of one team at an away event as the Eagles Superbowl. Alos check out road phillies games in Baltimore, Chicago, Boston etc... loaded with phils fans

[Wilmington WOW]

bump this thread

ronnie time to chear again

Cole Hammels might me the new stud

go phillies

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/writers/albert_chen/05/16/phenom.notes/t1_hamels.jpg

[HomerX]

Come on people everyone knows the life of the 80 Phils was Greg "The Bull" Luzinski and the only reason they got into the playoffs was one Marty Bystrom. Oh and I will never forget Randy "Fucking Loser" Lerch.

[maz]

Luv Ronnie B.'s passion for hte team. Cowbell to the head the next time the dog F'er disrespects the team.
He should be appologizing to Manny Trillo directly

Manny fuckin' Trillo
probably the coolest baseball player ever

i remember a quick story fron an opposing player
don't remember who
was saying why he hated Trillo
he had hit a grounder to second
Manny got it
pulled the ball out of his glove
and started looking at it ,as if reading the printing on it
and looking at the hitter with a smile on his face
and the hitter was yelling at him
"throw the ball you sonofabitch"
Manny made him run it out
he had a great fucking arm

[Wilmington WOW]

bump this thread again
as Ronnie got a lil teary eyed today reminiscing THE TEAM

[hudsonharden]

Greatest lefthanded pitcher ever?
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/9981/carltonzq0.jpg
Very close, but I would have to give the edge to Warren Spahn.

[MilkmanDan]

bump this thread again
as Ronnie got a lil teary eyed today reminiscing THE TEAM

Damn I'm gonna sit on for the replay. Randy Lerch didnt suck that bad, plus he bred dogs and we bought one of his puppies (black lab) ... name ..... Randy. Great Dog, so-so Pitcher

[moegolden]

total shot in the dark, but i may as well ask....

I once saw an action shot of tug mcgraw in the away sky-blue uniform, but i was almost certain that the pic was taken at the Vet....does anyone know of a time when the 80 Phils wore the away uniforms at home? p.s. i realize that many stadiums looked like the Vet back then, i think one of the signs on the wall is what sold me.

[sad]

Greatest lefthanded pitcher ever?
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/9981/carltonzq0.jpg

I NEVER post here, but totally agree. Have every game of his 72 season scored pitch by pitch and still have them. He won 27 games when the entire team only won 59. He won his 20th game on my birthday that year.

I went to the championship parade in '80 about a month after I totally tore my ACL. Could barely walk, but walked all the way from 20th & Market, to JFK and back again! Complete euphoria.

The 80 Phillies were a dream team, the 93 team was pretty awesome too. Loved Wild Thing. (and it wasn't his fault!!!!!!!!)

Shar (yes I AM a girl)

[Philly loser]

1st time poster
A girrlllll
And posting about the 1980 Phils

sad is okay in my book

[sad]

1st time poster
A girrlllll
And posting about the 1980 Phils

sad is okay in my book

:action-sm

[Ballbuster1]

Lefty was the man. Best pitcher the Phils ever had. Loved Tugger but Steve was it.

[MilkmanDan]

Always wanted to bat against him when he was in his prime to see if I could just foul a ball off or put it in play.
Great Womanizer too, would always be in the local bars (according to the old man)

[Footthing]

all i have to say is LET ROSE BACK IN BASEBALL... :)

also, hope this link works... but check this out http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/opinion/02buzz3.html?ex=1218340800&en=5f72bf395f617f72&ei=5070&emc=eta1

[Wilmington WOW]

tonight at the bar where I watched the final game there was a picture of tug mcgraw on the wall right next to where I was stading. It was the classic shot of him jimping in the air just as they won the championship, I noticed it in the 8th inning. Gond Damn if I didnt get something in my eye and my throat.

miss the Tugger

80-08