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    The Philly Fan's Code
    The 50 Toughest, Craziest, Most Legendary Philadelphia Athletes of the Last 50 Years

    Mike Tanier (Author)

    9781439905999

    Paperback / softback, published 26 August 2011

    264 pages
    21 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.666 kg

    "A veritable cheesesteak between covers, Mike Tanier's The Philly Fan's Code is a book no self-respecting Philadelphia sports fan can be without."
    -Gregg Easterbrook, ESPN
    "Honest, incisive, funny, and compulsively readable, The Philly Fan's Code is the perfect book for Philly sports fans. Mike Tanier offers a fresh take on age-old debates about the legacies of the city's most memorable and controversial athletes, inviting readers to reconsider the reputation and history of Philadelphia fans."
    -Tom McAllister, author of Bury Me in My Jersey: A Memoir of My Father, Football, and Philly

    An original and quirky take on Philadelphia legends and the meaning of

    Introduction

    1. The Answer in Theory, but Not in Practice 
    2. The Bully Who Made Us Believe 
    3. The Slugger Who Won Our Hearts, Eventually 
    4. The Man, and the Man Crush 
    5. The Showman We Could Not Boo. Or Could We? 
    6. The Babe Ruth of Backspin 
    7. The Haunted, Eternal Samurai 
    8. The Defense of the Minister 
    9. The Role Model for the Non-Role Models 
    10. He Called Us the F-Word 
    11. He Brooded Back at Us 
    12. The Idiot Man, Hallelujah 
    13. Better Than the Greatest, If Only Briefly 
    14. The Reluctant Enforcer 
    15. The Once and Future Captain 
    16. The Pan-Dimensional Catcher 
    17. He Left Us So He Could Stay with Us 
    18. The Baby Brother We Could Not Pick On. Yet. 
    19. The Haters’ Favorite 
    20. The Ultimate Something or Other

    Intermission: Coaches and Executives

    21. The Forever Flyer 
    22. The Man from Lovetron 
    23. He Taught Us to Win, and Laid Off the Action 
    24. The Origin of the Booed Species 
    25. The Other Fighter 
    26. The Man Who Spoiled Memories 
    27. The Slaphappy Workhorse 
    28. The Legend We Could Love 
    29. He Gave His Life for Philly Toughness 
    30. The Agony of the Feet 
    31. He Nailed the Good Ol’ Boy Act 
    32. He No Longer Takes That Fifth Day Off 
    33. The Spirit of ’64, the Year That Wasn’t 
    34. The Quarterback We Grew Up With 
    35. Point Guard for a Nation 
    36. Ameba, Enigma, Goaltender 
    37. The Thinking Man’s Slob 
    38, 39. The Lost Brothers 
    40. The Forgotten Hall of Famer 
    41. All He Had Was Four Little Words 
    42. He Was Too Tall to Disappear 
    43. The Wildest Thing We’d Ever Seen 
    44. The (Briefly) Perfect Reliever 
    45. The Man Who Got the Credit 
    46. The Defenseman in the Shadows 
    47. Backache, Headache, Heartache 
    48. The Greatest Mistake 
    49. The Bat Who Wouldn’t Leave 
    50. The Face of the Future

    Acknowledgments
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