Tupelo Honey

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Over the next six months, Philadelphia will be Baseball Central. The Phillies will get you through every small-talk situation in your life. You will spend more time with Wheels and Sarge, with L.A. and Franzke, than with most of your close friends and family. On 81 afternoons and evenings, Citizens Bank Park will be the coolest place in the city to be.

All of that is promised us, thanks to Phillies management and, frankly, ourselves. The fans fill the coffers and the Phillies spend the money on players worth watching. It is a beautiful relationship.

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