Posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 10:41 AM | 14 comments |
 
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Doug Glanville, who played for the Phillies from 1998-2002 and again in 2004, works mainly out of Chicago now, as a baseball analyst for the local Comcast SportsNet pod. He's sort of the Ricky Bottalico of Post Game Live in Chicago, except instead talking about what's wrong with the Phillies, they talk about what's wrong with the Cubs.

Glanville, a U. of Penn grad who has written regular columns for various publications in the last several years, is working on a collection of baseball essays that will be published next May. Otherwise, pretty much your typical ex-jock.

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Glanville gave Philadelphia fans credit for unleashing the best line he ever heard from the stands. (You were expecting Los Angeles?)

You can read the entire article here, but here's the story about the line that really made him laugh:

"When I got traded to Philly, there were a lot of stories about my engineering background and how in my senior thesis I evaluated the transportation feasibility of the Phillies building a new stadium at 30th Street Station. So I did this whole study, and now I'm playing for the team, so it was kind of a cool story about how I designed a stadium. I was really struggling in April the first year I got traded there, and Dykstra was like a god in Philadelphia and I was replacing that guy. Fans weren't too happy with me and my .180 batting average. One of the fans behind me said, 'Hey, Glanville. Why don't you design a stadium you can hit in?'"

Posted by Bob Ford @ 10:41 AM  Permalink | 14 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:26 AM, 07/01/2009
    My all-time favorite Phillie.
    BigPapiChulo
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:52 PM, 07/01/2009
    One of mine too. A real class act and a centerpiece of that surprising 2001 team under Bowa.
    NolaProf
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:05 PM, 07/01/2009
    ha! surprising how they didnt make the playoffs?! I'm a Dykstra guy, myself
    ThinkTwice
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:05 PM, 07/01/2009
    ha! surprising how they didnt make the playoffs?! I'm a Dykstra guy, myself
    ThinkTwice
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:32 PM, 07/01/2009
    Glad to see a fellow Penn Engineer doing well
    EaglesFlyersPhilsSixers
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:06 PM, 07/01/2009
    Go Quakers
    pennfan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:08 PM, 07/01/2009
    He was a solid guy. Would have liked him as a bench player on the 08 Champs.
    ematusko
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:50 AM, 07/02/2009
    And he writes an occasional column for the NY Times -- not too shabby.
    FrankGruber
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:23 AM, 07/02/2009
    great line...all in fun
    dsoul
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:15 AM, 07/02/2009
    "ha! surprising how they didnt make the playoffs?! I'm a Dykstra guy, myself" Gotta love those steroid infused 93 Phils huh?
    bkg126
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:35 AM, 07/02/2009
    Glanville's a class act. Short story - I was a corporate sponsor of the Rangers in 2003 when Glanville was there. I hung out with him during Spring Training. My girlfriend at the time was a huge Glanville fan, as he was her favorite from the Phils. Doug called her on my cell phone and talked to her for over 1/2 hour about Phillies baseball. Those are the stories you don't hear about ballplayers...there are still some good ones, even if they're not playing any more.
    robrozzie
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:56 AM, 07/02/2009
    Can he play short an leadoff ??
    mick314
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:07 AM, 07/02/2009
    I can see why Eddie Wade loved this guy. Two goofballs.


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About Bob Ford
Bob Ford has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 1981, and is still trying to figure it all out. A former beat writer covering the Phillies and the 76ers, Ford became a general sports columnist for the Inquirer in 2003, following in and occasionally falling in the deep footsteps of Bill Lyon, Frank Dolson and many distinguished others. He comes to the Philly.com blogosphere after award-winning success as designer/editor of the fabulous Pen & Pencil Club softball blog. Likes: Palestra, inside-the-park home runs, sunny days. Dislikes: phony people, cloudy days, rewrites.
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