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GET LIT: Win a copy of Philadelphia Phillies: Past and Present

POSTED: Monday, April 12, 2010, 6:30 PM

MVP Books, 144 pp., $25.00, March 2010

Because the Phillies head into their home opener (today, 3:05) on a 5-1 season-opening roll, we're feeling pretty generous. We've got a shiny copy of baseball historian/writer Rich Westcott's new coffee table-ready Philadelphia Phillies: Past & Present (144 p., MVP Books) sitting on our desk. And we're gonna give it away. The photo-rich tome spans the 128-year history of the Fightin' Phils, from old black-and-white newspaper clippings to dazzling color shots of the current stadium and players. While books like this can sometimes dwell in the superficial, Westcott takes you down the memory hole, introducing you, yes, to the stars of the World Series teams, but also to the casts of loveable losers (for instance, Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy, a pitcher who received at least one MVP vote in each of his two 20-loss seasons and Gene Mauch, the skipper of the infamous 1964 collapse) who helped the franchise rack up 10,000 losses in record time. To win a copy, be the first to answer the following trivia question: What and who do the symbols below represent?

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E-mail your answers to carolyn.huckabay@citypaper.net.

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