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PHILADELPHIA - Dan Baker grew up a Phillies fan in the 1950s.
Starting in 1954, his father would take him and his brother to see games at Connie Mack Stadium, which induced a wide range of sights, smells and sounds – green grass, light standards, hot dogs, sausage sandwiches, cigars and the attending fans themselves.
Little did eight-year-old Baker know at the time, he would later in life land a job with the organization that he would remain passionate for and go on to hold for nearly a half of a century – the team’s public address announcer for all home games.