Allentown Morning Call - August 28, 1980
Carlton gets 20th in 4-3 Phils’ win
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Steve Carlton became the first National League pitcher to win 20 games this season as he beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 last night with Pete Rose driving in the winning run on a groundout in the eighth inning.
Carlton, 20-7, allowed eight hits and struck out eight in eight innings before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the game-winning rally. Tug McGraw pitched the ninth, gaining his 14th save.
Steve Howe, 6-6, who had allowed just three earned runs in his last 16 appearances, was the Dodger loser.
Larry Bowa opened the Phillies' eighth with an infield single, reached second on a sacrifice by Bob Boone and third on a pinch-hit single by Keith Moreland. Rose, who had three hits and drove in two runs in the game, then grounded to shortstop Bill Russell, who had no play on Bowa at the plate.
The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on consecutive doubles by leadoff batter Dave Lopes and Bill Russell. The Phillies tied it in the second on Bob Boone's RBI single.
Los Angeles went back on top 2-1 in the fourth on Mickey Hatcher's run-scoring double.
The Phillies, however, went ahead in the fifth when Carlton led off with a single and scored on a double by Rose, who was out trying to stretch it into a triple. Bake McBride beat out an infield single and Mike Schmidt singled off Lopes' glove advancing McBride to third. Greg Luzinski then ' grounded to first and Steve Garvey threw the ball into the dugout for an error that allowed McBride to score and put the Phillies ahead 3-2.
The lead lasted until Ron Cey led off the Dodger sixth with his 20th home run of the season.
Phillies recall nine players
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Nine players have been recalled from the minor leagues for the September stretch drive, the Philadelphia Phillies said Tuesday.
Called up from Oklahoma City were infielders Luis Aguayo and Jay Loviglio; pitcher Marty Bystrom; catcher Don McCormack and outfielder Orlando Isales. They will join the club Monday in San Francisco.
Coming from Reading will be outfielder Bob Dernier, catcher Ozzie Virgil and pitcher Mark Davis, when the club finishes its playoff season in the Eastern League.
In addition, veteran catcher Tim McCarver goes on the active roster Monday so he can become the eleventh player in baseball history to play in four decades.
Letters
Two Phanatics?
On Sunday August 17th I took my daughter and two grandchildren to Hess's Hamilton Mall believing we were going to see "the Phillies Phanatic," a trip of approximately 30 miles.
When we arrived home greatly pleased in having seen the "Phanatic" and getting his autograph, I was instantly deflated by being told the "Phanatic" was in New York at the Mets-Phils baseball game.
Never have I heard it said there was more than one Phillies Phanatic, David Raymond. I am very disappointed in Hess's and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Mrs. Hazel Nase
Perkasie
Will the real...
To the Editor:
Which is the real Phabulous Phillies Phanatic – the one at Hess's of Allentown between 1 and 3 on Aug. 17 or the one I saw on TV live from Shea Stadium in New York on Aug. 17 between 1 and 3.
I like the Phillies Phanatic. I even have a doll of him, but after seeing this I wonder if the public is being ripped off. Are there two of him?
I called Hess's at 1:45 on Aug. 17 and was informed that the Phillies Phanatic was, in fact, there in person at that time. Who do I believe, Hess's or my eyes on TV? Are they passing off Phony Phanatics?
Grace Reitnauer
1045 N. West End Blvd.
Quakertown
An editorial on this subject appears today on the opposite page.
Phillies Phanatic(s) phabulous indeed
So all this time you thought there was only one, the inimitable Phillies Phanatic, David Raymond? Only one clowning around Veterans Stadium during baseball games, visiting malls and all the rest?
Well so did we. So did just about everybody else we know of – until Sunday, Aug. 17.
We were leafing through the Sunday Call-Chronicle that day while watching the Phillies play an afternoon doubleheader against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. We came to the Hess's advertisement, saying, "Hess's Hamilton Mall Store Open Today, August 17th, 12 noon to 5! " There, toward the bottom of the full-page ad, was a picture of the Phanatic and the invitation, "Come meet the Phabulous Phillies from 1 to 3. The kids will delight in meeting the hilarious Phillies Phanatic at Hess's Hamilton Mall Store from 1 to 3."
We'd barely finished reading that when there was a break in the action, and the television cameras focused on the Phillies Phanatic cavorting around Shea Stadium. We thought little more about it, musing that he had to be phabulous to be in New York City for a baseball doubleheader and at Hess's in Allentown at the same time but that what had undoubtedly happened was that he'd disappointed a lot of "the kids" at Hess's.
Then two letters arrived (see opposite page), testifying to the fact that the Phanatic had, indeed, been at Hess's.
We did some checking. The Phillies were reluctant to talk about it, but a member of the promotion department said David Raymond has two stand-ins who have been philling in as the Phillies Phanatic in emergencies when Raymond couldn't appear. He said they're well schooled in the Phanatic's moves, and nothing is lost in their appearances.
As it happened, the Mets made a late request to have the Phanatic on hand Aug. 18, and the Phillies felt obligated to send Raymond because the Mets had sent "Mr. Met" for a promotional appearance earlier this year at Veterans Stadium. Hess's, the Phillies spokesman said, had contracted for the Allentown appearance through All-Star Promotions, which handles the Phanatics' (plural) non-baseball schedule.
Hess's Fred Bentelspacher, vice president in charge of sales promotion, said he was aware the store had a stand-in the son of a Phillies team executive. And he made a good point when he said: "Who's the real Santa Claus? It wasn't Dave Raymond we were promoting. It was the Phillies Phanatic."
The Phillies won that doubleheader, 9-4 and 4-1. If Raymond had anything to do with that, fine. And Raymond will be the Phanatic for the American Soccer League Stoners Sept. 4 at Allentown School District Stadium.
You can't blame Hess's. The store contracted for – and produced – A Phillies Phanatic. But shame on the Phillies for keeping us in the dark so long.