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David Montgomery to be honored at Hall of Fame Weekend

Phillies Nation | March 5, 2020

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David Montgomery’s memory will be honored this summer. (Larry Shenk/Phillies Insider)

For the first time in three years, a former Philadelphia Phillies player won’t he inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. Hall of Fame weekend won’t be without some Phillies flare, though.

Thursday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced that the late David Montgomery has been named the 2020 winner of the John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award. Per the museum’s press release, the award is “presented to an individual for extraordinary efforts to enhance baseball’s positive impact on society.

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