DA15 Instagram Post – HBD Johnny Briggs
DA15 Instagram Post: Happy Birthday to my #Phillies teammate Johnny Briggs, w Tony Taylor (8) and Larry Hisle (22) at the 1970 home opener. Thanks @alexcheremeteff for sharing this photo
DA15 Instagram Post – James Rodney Richard
DA15 Instagram Post: Happy Birthday to my friend #Astros legend JR Richard. Print from the talented Jeff at Gypsy Oak Art. Check him out on Twitter @gypsyoak or http://gypsyoakart.bigcartel.com/
DA15 Instagram Post – HBD Cookie Rojas
DA15 Instagram Post: Happy 80th Birthday to my teammate & dear friend Cookie Rojas. Great ball player. He was literally a Harlem Globetrotter at 2nd. None better at picking that baseball in the infield. He could (and did) play everywhere, even pitched an inning! #Phillies #Royals
DA15 Instagram Post – HBD Kent Tekulve
DA15 Instagram Post: Happy 73rd Birthday to former #Pirates #Phillies #Reds reliever Kent Tekulve. In 8 career at bats… I got zero hits & K’d twice. Ouch.
DA15 Instagram Post – Wilt 100
DA15 Instagram Post: OTD in 1962, Philly legend Wilt Chamberlain dropped 100 on the Knicks in an #NBA game played in Hershey, Pa
DA15 Instagram Post – 2020 Card
DA15 Instagram Post: The #DA15 creative team is pleased to share the 2020 version for our Topps Legacy Card Project. See them all here: https://www.dickallen15.com/media/baseballcardproject/
OTD in 1954: Robin Roberts $40K contract
OTD in 1954: Robin Roberts signs a contract reported to be worth over $40,000 — a record for a National League pitcher. The Phillies initial contract offer was a cut in pay, but Roberts held out for a raise
HBD Manny Mota
Happy 82nd Birthday to my former #Dodgers teammate Manny Mota.
Education comes FIRST
Congratulations to my grandson Richard Allen III for graduating from college. Your great-grandma would be very proud – she always said “Education comes FIRST…”
Rest In Peace Mrs. Clemente!
Heaven received another angel yesterday. Rest In Peace Mrs. Clemente!