Minnesota 3, Mathewson 1 Oct.23 2008 by Tom Swift
There have been commentaries of late about Philadelphia’s sports drought. Of the cities with at least one team in all four major American team sports, the City of Brotherly Love has gone the longest — 25 years — without a championship. This has come up because the Phillies, of course, are trying to break the [...]

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