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The baseball world received some sad news yesterday, as it was announced that former Phillies first base coach Davey Lopes passed away at the age of 80. A prolific base stealer, Lopes first etched himself into Phillies lore with the infamous “Black Friday” game in the 1977 NLCS, a series Lopes’ Dodgers would go on to win. But Lopes came all the way back around in the minds of Phillies fans, as he became the first base coach for Philadelphia from 2007-2010 and was instrumental in Jimmy Rollins, Shane
Victorino, Chase Utley, and Jayson Werth becoming the elite, successful base stealers they were on a championship team.
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Phillies news:
- More on the passing of Davey Lopes. ($)
- X-rays were negative on J.T. Realmuto after he fouled a ball off his ankle Tuesday night.
- The Phillies have already shown one major weakness: left-handed starting pitching. ($)
MLB news:
- The Pirates have reportedly signed superstar rookie and recent call-up Konnor Griffin to a historic nine year, $140M extension.
- Both of Jorge Soler and Reynaldo Lopez have been suspended seven games for their roles in the brawl that took place between the Angels and Braves earlier this week.
- It was a rough day on the injury front for the Astros, as both of Cristian Javier and Jake Meyers left yesterday’s game with injuries.
