Jamie Moyer grew up in Bucks County as Phillies-crazed fanatic who skipped school to attend the 1980 World Series parade after his boyhood hero, Steve Carlton, helped end the team's 97-year title drought.
So Moyer knew — perhaps more than any other player in the Phillies dugout 10 years ago — what it meant for the region when the Phillies won the World Series in 2008. He pitched into the seventh inning in Game 3 and then dug up the pitching rubber four nights later after the Phillies celebrated their first championship since Moyer played hooky.
Moyer said he still gets thanked for what happened that October.