Lenny Dykstra was a popular player for the New York Mets where he helped the team win the 1986 World Series, but that paled to the level of popularity he would receive from the people of Philadelphia.

Chris Short played fourteen of his fifteen Major League seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies and for a time in the mid-60’s he could make a claim as one of the top lefthanders of the game.

Roy Thomas took a lot of bases on balls…Seriously, it was a lot!

The city of Philadelphia had every reason to love Del Ennis, a local boy who we could argue was the original “Whiz Kid”.