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Jim Bunning is remembered as a competitor on and off the field

Jack Kapp remembers Jim Bunning the way many baseball fans of his era recall the former Phillies pitcher.

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Jim Bunning (1931-2017)

As the author of a perfect game against the New York Mets on Father's Day.

"I was 11 years old, and I had a lawn-mowing business with my twin brother," said Kapp, 63, an assistant baseball coach at Northeast High School.

Kapp grew up near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philly, and he remembers June 21, 1964 like this:

"We came home after working and, along with my father, watched Bunning pitch the perfect game," Kapp said Saturday after learning that Bunning had died Friday night at 85.