Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Philadelphia Phillies: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Philadelphia Phillies History »

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Philadelphia Phillies presents all the best moments and personalities in the history of the Phillies. It also unmasks the bad, the regrettably awful, and the unflinchingly ugly. In an entertaining and unsparing fashion, author Todd Zolecki has written a book that sparkles with Phillies highlights, lowlights, wonderful and wacky memories, legends and goats, the famous, and the infamous. You'll relive the rapturous season of the Whiz Kids and the magical 2008 run to the World Series, but also the lows of the historically inept Phillies of the 1930s and the equally historic collapse of 1964. You'll celebrate the incredible majesty of a Mike Schmidt home run, but you'll lament the devastation of Mitch Williams' infamous gopher ball to Joe Carter.

Foreward Scott Franzke vii

Acknowledgments xi

The Good 1

The Bad 31

The Ugly 43

In the Clutch 55

Numbers Don't Lie (Or Do They?) 73

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over 86

The Dream Team: The Players 101

The Dream Team: The Pitchers 133

The Lineups 153

The Moves They Made 164

Great Performances 183

Off the Field 197

Making Their Mark 209

Charlie 215

Notes 219