I’m not a crier. Never have been.
But on July 21, 1997, I cried.
I was in the broadcast booth that day, working as an intern for WPHL-17, and it was a normal business person’s special. The Phillies were awful. Terrible. A bad team.
But in the locker room that day before the game, something was different. Players were despondent. They were just … off.
Then we found out why. Darren Daulton got traded.
About a half-hour before the game against the Pirates started, out walks Dutch. From the home plate area. Few knew why.