Phillies ConfidentialPHILLIES CONFIDENTIAL
THE 2008 WORLD CHAMPION PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
CONTACT: Natalie King, Triumph Books, 312.252.1252, n.king@triumphbooks.com
The Philadelphia Phillies 126-year history is filled with so many incredible moments, but their World Series victory of 2008 is definitely at the top of the list. So how did they do it?
Phillies Confidential: The Untold Inside Story of the 2008 Championship Season by all-star player, coach, and broadcaster Gary Matthews (with Scott Lauber) takes you into the clubhouse, the dugout, and onto the field, and gives fans the view from Matthews’ seat in the Phillies’ broadcast booth in this rare, inside look at the 2008 Major League season including:
¨ The pivotal offseason trade for closer Brad Lidge
¨ The emotional rise and fall of each win and loss game-after-game
¨ The late-season rally in which the Phillies overtook the New York Mets
¨ How they managed to withstand their midseason slide
¨ Matthew’s insights on the successes and failures of each player – including Ryan Howard and Chase Utley
Phillies Confidential gives fans a day-by-day recap account of the magical 2008 season straight from Gary Matthews himself. Fans will relive the heart-wrenching losses and exhilarating wins of a long season that ended in a sweet World Series victory.
About the Authors:
Gary Matthews is known around baseball as “Sarge” because of his habit of saluting the fans in the left-field bleachers at Wrigley Field. Matthews spent 16 seasons in the majors with the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Seattle Mariners. He was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1973 and MVP of the 1983 NL Championship Series. Presently, he’s a television analyst for Phillies games. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Sandra, and has five children: sons Gary Jr., Delvon, Dustin, and Dannon, and daughter Paige.
Scott Lauber is a New Jersey native and Boston University graduate who just completed his third season as the Phillies’ beat writer for the Wilmington News Journal. Previously, he covered the New York Mets’ minor league system for the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin. His work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, and he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award in 2005.
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