If you’re a fan of Philadelphia Phillies history, you’ll to enjoy this.
While digging through some old sports magazines this week, I found a 2005 program from the Reading Phillies, the organization’s Double-A affiliates. In the final pages of the magazine are Baseball America‘s top 10 Phillies prospects for the year, a list that included some future impact major leaguers:
Ryan Howard is the top overall prospect, with the headline “Still blocked by Thome, slugger waits for his chance.” Howard had split the prior season between Double-A and Triple-A, hitting 46 total home runs, including setting a new franchise record by hitting 37 home runs at Reading.