Daily News | Lee Thomas, architect of NL champion 1993 Phillies, dies at 86
Lee Thomas, a two-time All-Star and the chief architect of the Phillies’ 1993 National League championship team, died Wednesday at his home in St. Louis. He was 86.
“Such a good, kind man,” Schilling said via text message. “Every interaction with Lee was a good one, even the bad ones. I loved everything about him.” To wit: After the Phillies selected outfielder Sil Campusano in the first round of the 1989 Rule 5 draft, Thomas turned to Wade before packing up to leave the winter meetings.
“They said, ‘Just go out there and try to impress them and maybe something will happen, because we heard some rumors,’” Mr. Thomas said. “I think Mantle and Maris knew what they were talking about.”Aaron Nola’s meltdown cost the Phillies in Arizona. But we’ve been here before. | Opinion “He had an ability not only to put a club together but also to relate to the guys in the clubhouse,” Wade said. “whether it was his good friend Jim Fregosi as the manager or understanding what the players were going through over the course of a season. He really had a good sense or feel for that human side of the game that sometimes gets dismissed.
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