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| 1947 |
Philadelphia manager Ben Chapman, admitting he had been 'kinda loud' leading his team in verbally abusing Jackie Robinson with racial slurs, asks to make amends by posing with the Dodger first baseman for the newspaper photographers. The orchestrated gesture, which Robinson agrees to, admitting later that it was one of the hardest things he ever had to make himself do, is prompted by the bad press created by the Phillies manager's intolerance and the wrath of Commissioner Chandler.
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| 1973 | Johnny Bench hits three homers off Steve Carlton for the second time in his career. The Reds' backstop's seven RBIs proves to be the difference when Cincinnati beat the Phillies, 9-7. |
| 1986 | The Phillies release 29-year-old Dave Stewart after the right-hander compiled a 6.57 ERA in eight games as a reliever. At the end of the month, the free agent will sign with the A's, where he'll average 21 victories each season from 1987 to 1990. |
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