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Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer Morning Bytes column: Morning Bytes By Frank Fitzpatrick.(Column)
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- May 4, 2007
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Byline: Frank Fitzpatrick
May 4--Dear Fans:
The truth has set us free.
Now that we in Phillies management have come clean and admitted Tom Gordon was indeed injured earlier this spring, we'd like to take this opportunity to correct some past prevarications:
Steve Carlton actually wanted to talk with the media. But since Lefty also believed Zionists killed Babe Ruth and the Phanatic was the central figure in a Communist plot to defoliate Clearwater, we forbade it.
Yes, you were right. Travis Lee was dead. In his initial spring here, the first baseman succumbed upon hearing Jack Russell Stadium organist Wilbur Snapp's rendition ...