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Phillies legendary announcer Harry Kalas was born on March 26, 1936 in Naperville, Illinois. He was the Phillies play-by-play announcer from 1971 until his death on April 13th, 2009.  Kalas was preparing for the Phillies-Nationals game in Washington that evening when he collapsed in the booth. He died shortly thereafter.

 

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#1 Phillies Richie Ashburn

Phillies Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn was born on March 19th, 1927 in Tilden, Nebraska. Ashburn played for the Phillies from 1948 to 1959. Ashburn was a 4-time NL All Star with the Phillies and led the NL in batting in 1955 and 1958. He retired as a player in 1962 and joined the Phillies broadcast booth in 1963. The Phillies honored Whitey on the Phillies Wall of Fame, retired his uniform #1, and designated “Ashburn’s Alley” at Citizens Bank Park. Ashburn was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995. Whitey died of a heart attack on September 9th, 1997 in New York City after broadcasting the Phillies-Mets game at Shea Stadium. 

 

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On March 19th, 1981, Clarke was hit in the face with a shot off the stick of linemate Reggie Leach. Clarke got stitched up and returned to score his 19th goal of the season. It was his 1,000th NHL point. During the same game, winger Tim Kerr scored the 1st of his 20 career hat tricks as the Flyers defeated the Boston Bruins 5-3. 

Flyers Eric Lindros had a team-record 14 shots on goal on March 19th, 1996. Lindros finished the game with zero goals and two assists in a 4-1 Flyers win over the New York Islanders. 

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On St. Patrick’s Day March 17th, 1973, in a 120-115 loss to the Baltimore Bullets, the Sixers lost their 68th game of the season, setting an NBA record for losses in a season. The Sixers would finish with an all-time worst 9-73 record. 

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