On August 25th, 1995 vs Los Angeles Dodgers at Veterans Stadium, infielder Gregg Jefferies hit for the cycle, the 1st Phillies player to do so in 32 years. 
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On August 20th, 2001, the Flyers ended the Eric Lindros era in Philly when GM Bob Clarke shipped him off to the New York Rangers for defenseman Kim Johnsson (Barry Ashbee Award in 2002 and 2004), Jan Hlavac and Pavel Brendl. Lindros requested he be traded to his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs, and Clarke, shipping him to the Big Apple, was considered a final slap in the face.
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Truth is stranger than fiction – On August 17, 1957 as the Phillies were hosting the New York Giants, Phillies legend Richie Ashburn fouled off a pitch that landed in the stands breaking the nose of a woman spectator. The woman, Alice Roth, wife of Philadelphia Bulletin Sports Editor Earl Roth, was hit again on the very next pitch as she was being carried off on a stretcher.
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On August 12th, 1994, the Major League Baseball season ground to a halt as a result of what became the league’s longest work stoppage. It was the 1st season in 90 years to not have a World Series.
On August 12th, 2016, Phillies pitcher Jake Thompson did something no Phillies pitcher had ever done. Thompson had 4 strikeouts in the 2nd inning vs Colorado Rockies. It was just Thompson’s 2nd MLB game, and 6th MLB inning pitched. It was the 47th 4-strikeout inning in National League history.
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Eagles Hall of Famer Steve Van Buren was born in LaCeiba Honduras. His father was an American working in Honduras as a fruit inspector. Tragically, Van Buren was orphaned at the age of ten. He went to live with grandparents in New Orleans. Van Buren was not the only NFL player born in Honduras. He wasn’t even the only Eagles player born there. Ebert Van Buren, Steve’s brother, was also born in Honduras and played with Steve on the Eagles in 1951, Steve’s last season in the NFL.

