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  1. 5 days ago · Ruly Carpenter sold the team — which is now valued at more than $2 billion — for $32.5 million in 1981 to a group of investors led by Bill Giles. By then, baseball had become big business as even...

  2. Jul 8, 2024 · The Phillies won their fifth consecutive National League East championship, and also finished with the best record in baseball for the second straight year. The Phillies, at 3–1 odds, were the heavy-favorite to win the World Series.

  3. 4 days ago · In the World Series, the Phillies defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4–1, to win their first championship in 28 years, ending the Curse of Billy Penn. Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels was named the Most Valuable Player of the NLCS and the World Series.

  4. 4 days ago · Up to 1500 slo-pitch players will hit the ball fields in Moncton. They’ll battle it out in the 8th annual East Coast Classic being played at Hal Betts Fields from July 12 to 14. The tournament started in Nova Scotia, but it was relocated to New Brunswick around five years ago. Co-Organizer Bill Deluney says […]

  5. Jun 24, 2024 · Montgomery was named executive vice president in 1981 after Bill Giles put together a group to buy the Phillies. He took over for Giles as team president in 1997 and held the position until taking a leave of absence in 2014 while undergoing treatment for jaw bone cancer.

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  6. Jun 19, 2024 · Willie Mays, center, is joined by Bill Giles, left, and Robert Wilson as the three display their Hall of Fame placques on Sunday, August 5, 1979 in Cooperstown, N.Y. Mays was the only living...

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  8. Jul 8, 2024 · The National League Central is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. This division was created in 1994, by moving two teams from the National League West (the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Astros) and three teams from the National League East (the Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the St. Louis Cardinals).

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