Sports: 30th Anniversary of the 1980 Phillies (Part 4)
by KYW's Paul Kurtz
Game five of the 1980 National League Championship Series was a test of wills and character.
Garry Maddox (above) is a spiritual man whose faith was tested many times during the 1980 season. He'd been benched by Dallas Green late in the season in favor of Del Unser.
Unser recalls that while Maddox stoically stewed, he was able to get his groove back:
"Getting that many consecutive at-bats, my timing got so much better. When I did get a chance to play, I didn't feel so strange at home plate."
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