I Think We Need an Ed Delahanty Appreciation Post
The Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia media (as well as baseball media in general) ran with this from last night:
Kyle Schwarber joins Mike Schmidt as the second player in franchise history with 5 hits and 3 home runs in the same game. Schmidt did so in his four HR game, April 17, 1976 at CHI.
One of the greatest Phillies players ever in his greatest game had five hits and four homers. Ed Delahanty did that on July 13, 1896. He had the second four-homer game in MLB history, as well as a single.
I've heard some say they consider him to be the best hitter of the 19th century, so show 'em if you got 'em. Don't let the greats of the game be forgotten.
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