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  • From “25 Scrappiest Philadelphia Phillies”:

    12. Tug McGraw

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    1. Pitchers aren’t often tabbed as “scrappy” players, but you have to admit that the designation fits former Phillies’ closer Tug McGraw to a tee.

    Traded by the New York Mets to the Phillies, McGraw arrived with a chip on his shoulder that would fuel his success. When the Phillies became World Champions in 1980, McGraw hoisted the trophy and famously proclaimed the New York could “stick it.” The Phillies were number one.

    He’d come out of the bullpen, slap his thighs with his glove, and sell a kidney on the black market if that’s what it took to get an out. A rough and tumble closer, McGraw was quite the scrappy player.

    I remember it from some commercial for - i dunno, anti perspirant or something 😄