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Harmonica Incident. The Harmonica Incident took place on a New York Yankees team bus on August 20, 1964, en route to O'Hare International Airport. Infielder Phil Linz, slightly resentful at not being played [1] during a four-game sweep by the Chicago White Sox that was believed at the time to have seriously set back the Yankees' chances at that ...
(The first was New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. [56]) Halladay's no-hitter was the fifth time a pitcher has thrown two no-hitters in the same season, and was also the first time that one of the two occurred in the postseason. The Phillies went on to sweep the Reds in three straight games.
1951 →. The 1950 World Series was the 47th World Series between the American and National Leagues for the championship of Major League Baseball. The Philadelphia Phillies as 1950 champions of the National League and the New York Yankees, as 1950 American League champions, competed to win a best-of-seven game series.
On Wednesday, the Yankees' 6-5 victory completed a three-game sweep of the NL East-leading Phillies, with embattled closer Clay Holmes getting Bryce Harper to ground into a double play to end it.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jazz Chisholm had five RBIs in his second straight two-homer game, Gleyber Torres hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 12th inning and the New York Yankees outlasted the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 on Tuesday night for their first four-game winning streak since early June.
The 1942 Philadelphia Phils season was the 60th season in the history of the franchise. The team, managed by Hans Lobert, began their fifth season at Shibe Park. Prior to the season, the team shortened the team nickname form Phillies to 'Phils'. Of the change, baseball writer George Kirksey opined prior to the season, "the gag is they wanted to ...
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The Phils won the NL East in 1980, but to win the league championship, they would have to defeat the Houston Astros. In a memorable NLCS , with 4 of the 5 games needing extra innings, they fell behind 2–1 but battled back to squeeze past the Astros on a tenth-inning game-winning hit by center fielder Garry Maddox , and the city celebrated its ...