Most of Philadelphia’s sports fans have one word on their mind today: Dallas.
That’s what happens when the Eagles and Cowboys meet up in a key late-season football game. With that in mind, I’ve decided to write about a different Dallas, and this is one that Phillies fans generally like: Dallas Green, manager of the 1980 World Series winning team.
As a plyer, Green had a six-year career, most of it spent with the Phillies. He was a member of the tragic 1964 team and unfortunately contributed to the team’s collapse by making one ill-fated September start in which he allowed five runs in 1.