Tales from the Philadelphia Phillies Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Phillies Stories Ever Told

by Rich Westcott

Since 1883, the Philadelphia Phillies have been up, down, and all around. Most recently, thanks to Charlie Manuel, the Phillies have become a National League powerhouse, with four NL East titles, two pennants and the 2008 World Series championship to show for it. In Tales from the Philadelphia Phillies Dugout Rich Westcott takes readers behind the scenes into the glorious, quirky, and victorious stories that make this team the legend it is.

Genres: Baseball

208 pages, Hardcover

First published December 19, 2011

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the Phillies, have so since I was a kid in the late 70’s.
Old time Phillies fans won’t find anything new in this book, but it’s still a fun ride for reminiscing.
My main problem is the same problem I have with all of Rich westcott’s books.
He seems to do poor research, he makes basic mistakes or omissions.
When getting to the chapter on the 1980’s he makes sure to point out Dallas Green leading us to the World Series and talks about the Phillies poor efforts after 1983- but never mentions green’s hand in destroying our farm system and our potential contenders (look at green’s 1984 Cubs team roster)
He consistently tells stories wrong. Like Willie Stargell saying “hitting Steve Carlton was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.”
First the quote was “eating soup with a fork…” you drink coffee from a cup not a spoon. This may seem minor but if he gets simple things wrong he can’t be trusted to get big things right
He also gushes over king a-hole Pete rose, one especially egregious example is rose “ever alert” play of catching the pop up out of Bob Boone’s glove for the second out in the final inning of 1980 game 6.
Like most Phillies fans, he completely overlooks the fact that the pop up in front of the dugout WAS THE FIRST BASEMAN’S BALL TO BEGIN WITH. As Bob Boone said “Charlie hustle my ass”
Westcott then goes on to say rose hustled to the center of the infield to make sure no one tagged up and everyone stayed on their bases. It was a pop up in front of the dugout, who was going to tag up in that situation? westcott let his love of rose get in the way of what really happened.
Westcott has written many books and many on the Phillies and I am always disappointed in his poor research

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great collection of funny stories about those within the Phillies organization from the very beginning up until the championship teams in the 2000s. So many fun facts I didn't know prior to reading. Would definitely recommend to all Phillies fans!

[Anastasia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read because each chapter was broken into small vignettes. Lots of the stories were amusing, and there were also some great facts in there that I didn't know. Would recommend to any true Phillies fan.

[Matt Kratz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading and learning about the Phillies. It gave a good history of the team!