The Philadelphia Phillies bench looks on during the ninth inning (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
The Phillies waved the “white flag” five years ago tonight
Long known as a symbol of “surrender,” the Philadelphia Phillies waved the “white flag” five years ago tonight in a 19-3 blowout loss to the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
No, then-Phillies pitching coach Bob McClure did not intentionally wave a white towel for the purpose of giving up, but it might as well have been for that purpose that night.
Manager Ryne Sandberg‘s team struggled early, allowing a combined 12 runs to the Orioles over the first three innings, half of which were charged to the line of starter Jerome Williams.