CLEARWATER, Fla. — David Montgomery, growing up in Roxborough, used to throw a pillow onto his family’s linoleum porch and act like he was Richie Ashburn sliding into second base. Montgomery would rise years later to become Phillies president, but then he was just a five-year-old Phillies fan whose mother often told him to treat others the way they wanted to be treated.
It was those two things — his passion for the Phillies and his respect for others — that resulted in a banner dropping Thursday morning in Clearwater to rename the team’s indoor training facility as the David P.