… who knows if they would want him, although the franchise is accustomed to closers who like to make it interesting - Tug McGraw , Mitch Williams, Brad Lidge. The Reds still talk about making Chapman a starter, but I personally like him better …
… stories, and perhaps just getting as far as they have this season qualifies, too. After all, the 1973 squad that Tug McGraw immortalized more with his urging of "Ya gotta believe" than their eventual berth in the World Series was just 39-50 …
… stories, and perhaps just getting as far as they have this season qualifies, too. After all, the '73 squad that Tug McGraw immortalized more with his urging of "Ya gotta believe" than their eventual berth in the World Series was just 39-50 …
… is benign. The champion A's of 1972-74 were constantly at each other's throats. Such self-styled madmen as Tug McGraw , Randy Myers and Brian Wilson threw the last, victorious pitch of a World Series, and last year's Giants upheld …
… schools I went to and the houses I lived in," he said. "When I was younger, I remember watching the World Series and Tug McGraw was pitching. He came from Vallejo. "You never know what's going to come out of Vallejo." Indeed.
… Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women, and Irish whiskey. The other 10 percent I'll probably waste." -- Tug McGraw , Mets reliever, on his salary "The Mets have gotten their leadoff hitter on base only once this inning." -- Ralph …
… could be part of the anti-Yankee pro- Phillies celebration." A LAUGH WITH TUG: When Phillies immortal pitcher, Tug McGraw , was the guest of honor at a New Hampshire Baseball dinner in the winter of 2003, Yip and his brother Michael, dressed …
… pessimism of Philly's sports fans, an unease that grew when the Phillies stumbled. But with MVP Mike Schmidt and Tug McGraw getting hot at the right time, the Phillies rallied to win their fourth NL East title in five years and a memorable …
… 1976-78 Phillies as flawless heroes. Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Garry Maddox, Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, and Tug McGraw - even now, three-plus decades later, that litany of legends conjures up an image of invincibility. Those players …
… You can make a case for the last great Phillies era: Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton, Larry Bowa and Bob Boone and Tug McGraw and Garry Maddox and, at the end, Pete Rose. They went to the playoffs every year and finally won the franchise's …