April 16, 2015 by Tal Venada
Jonathan Papelbon didn’t know that the Phillie in Philadelphia Phillies is not a filly: a female horse under four years of age, a young woman or a girl. But who would expect the closer to know what happened here over 100 seasons ago? Yet, if the local media questioning number 58 had the facts, why didn’t they reveal them during the interview?
Despite a Tarnished Clubhouse Reputation, It’s Papelbon Who Is the First to Greet the Hero.
A 19th Century Relic:
Shortening words is not a new occurrence and probably wasn’t in the 1880s either.