Rick Wise – Phillies/P (1966-71) Rick Wise won his first MLB game 8-2 on June 21^st, 1964 in the second game of a double header vs. New York Mets. In the 1^st game of the twinbill, Jim Bunning pitched his historic perfect game. Wise almost had a perfect game of his own when he pitched a no-hitter for the Phillies on June 23^rd, 1971 vs. Cincinnati Reds giving up just one walk.  Wise hit two HRs in the game.  On August 28^th that same year vs. San Francisco Giants, Wise once again had a two-homer game.  Wise was a 1971 NL All Star and retired 28 batters in a row later that season.  The following season Wise was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Carlton in one of the most lopsided trades in MLB history.  Wise finished his career tied for 21^st all-time in HRs by a pitcher with 15.

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Darren Sproles – Eagles/RB-PR (2014-present) Darren Sproles was a member of the Eagles Super Bowl LII Champs. The three-time Eagles Pro Bowler was 2^nd team All-Pro in 2014. Sproles had a 49-yard TD run in his Eagles debut, the longest rush from scrimmage in his career. Sproles led the NFL with 506 punt return yards in 2014.  It was the 2^nd highest single-season punt return yardage in Eagles team history.  Sproles was a three-time NFC Special Teams Player of the Week and once an NFC Offensive Player of the Week. Sproles had an NFL-record 2,696 all-purpose yards for the New Orleans Saints in 2011. Sproles sits 8^th on the NFL’s career all-purpose yards list with 19,164.  At the close of the 2017 NFL season, Sproles had the most career all-purpose yards than any other active NFL player.   Sproles is tied with DeSean Jackson for most career punt return TDs in Eagles history with 4.  On September 25^th, 2017, Sproles broke his arm and tore his ACL on the same play, ending his season during the Eagles run to their first-ever Super Bowl Championship.  

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Lenny Dykstra/CF – Phillies (1989-1996) Three-time NL All Star, Dykstra was the spark plug that ignited Macho Row and the 1993 pennant-winning Phillies. “Nails” was NL MVP runner-up (Barry Bonds) in 1993. Dykstra batted .348 against the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series hitting four homers in the series loss. Dykstra’s post-baseball life has been a rollercoaster of highs and lows as detailed in his 2016 memoir, House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge.   

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Merrill Reese – Eagles play by play announcer (1977- present) Merrill Reese has been the voice of the Philadelphia Eagles for over 40 years. He is the longest-tenured play-by-play announcer in the NFL. Reese, a native-Philadelphian, was born on September 2^nd, 1942. He made his play-be-play debut on December 11^th, 1977 in an Eagles 17-14 home win over the New York Giants in game 13 of the 1977 season. Reese’s 1^st full season doing play-by-play was the NFL’s 1^st 16-game season. In his 40+seasons in the booth, Merrill Reese has never missed a single game. In honor of Reese finally getting a Super Bowl Ring on Thursday, here’s a look at the career of Merrill Reese by the numbers. Let the celebration begin!

5 – color commentators during his Eagles tenure (Herb Adderley, Jim Barniak, Bill Bergey, Stan Walters, and Mike Quick).

10 – Head Coaches

8 – Hall of Famers

39 – Quarterbacks

3 – Team owners

672 – Consecutive Eagles games called (634 reg season, 38 playoffs)

368 – Called Eagles wins (350 reg season, 18 playoffs)

300 – Called Eagles losses (280 reg season, 20 playoffs)

4 – Called Eagles ties

1,641 – Career Eagles Touchdown calls (1,552 reg season, 89 playoffs)

986 – Career “It’s Goooood!” Eagles Field Goals called (927 reg season, 59 playoffs)

64 – Career pick-6’s called (57 reg season, 7 playoffs)

Congrats to Merrill Reese and the entire Eagles family on their Super Bowl Rings!

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