Hope Springs Eternal With A Worthy Read

It's been several months since I've updated the blog section of the website. In the last few months, The Flyers have been floundering, the Sixers are surging, the Eagles improved their defense, still need some work on offense before they take flight, and last but not least, our Fightin' Phils take the field for the first official game of 2008 in a mere 11 days. So while we're on the topic of the Phillies, I would be remiss if I failed to inform our Philly faithful of the newest book to feature our beloved boys of summer.

"The Fall of the 1977 Phillies: How a Baseball Team's Collapse Sank a City's Spirit", is written by Mitchell Nathanson. "The Falls" focal point is the infamous Black Friday game vs the hated Dodgers in October of 1977. Nathanson uses Black Friday, the darkest day in the history of the ballclub, to analyze the city of Philadelphia, it's love/hate relationship with the Phillies, and how the the current state of The Phillies at any particular time can eerily reflect the pulse of the city. The general question that the book asks is why our city, who can be quick to give the Birds, Sixers, and Flyers a free pass at times, is not as forgiving when it comes to the Phillies. The answers may suprise you.

Part of the book is based upon an article that won the 2006 McFarland-SABR Award for the best article on baseball history or biography of the year. You can either click on the title of the blog at the top of the page, or highlight the following link to Mitchell's book on Amazon.com:


http://www.amazon.com/Fall-1977-Phillies-Baseball-Collapse/dp/0786432179/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203354045&sr=8-1


And that, my disgruntled fans, is the Disgruntled Fans book selection of the month.

LET'S GO PHILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!