Philadelphia Phillies Top 25 Players of All-Time: #15 – Johnny Callison

Johnny Callison was born into a poor family in rural Oklahoma in 1939 during the Great Depression. He was then raised as a small child mostly by his mother while his father, who was part Cherokee Indian, was off fighting with the United States Army in World War II.While his father was away, his mother … Continue reading Philadelphia Phillies Top 25 Players of All-Time: #15 – Johnny Callison

Philadelphia Phillies Top 25 Players of All-Time: #17 – Sam Thompson

Since Sam Thompson didn't play during the 21st century, not many Phillies fans are going to be very familiar with his career.Well, actually, Sam Thompson didn't even play ball during the 20th century, at least not in a Phillies uniform.Samuel Luther Thompson played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball, a full decade of that spent with … Continue reading Philadelphia Phillies Top 25 Players of All-Time: #17 – Sam Thompson

Philadelphia Phillies top 25 players of all-time: #24 – Roy Thomas

The "Sports Talk Philly" site is doing a Top 25 Phillies of All-Time series, and approached me about doing some of the older players on their list. This is the first of my contributions for the series.There are old-timers, and then there are OLD-timers. Roy Thomas is the latter, a ballplayer who most modern Philadelphia Phillies fans have … Continue reading Philadelphia Phillies top 25 players of all-time: #24 – Roy Thomas