Phillies Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts passed away last month at the age of 83. It was unfortunate on two counts. One, he passed away. Two, he wasn't there to congratulate Jaime Moyer yesterday at Citizen's Bank Ballpark.
Moyer, who won his 9th game of the season in an 11-2 shellacking of the Blue Jays, set a record previously held by Roberts.
Moyer gave up a home run to Vernon Wells, becoming all-time leader in gopher balls served up at 506. Roberts gave up 505 home runs.
I'm not cracking on either Moyer or Roberts. You have to be a pretty good pitcher to last long enough to give up that many jacks. Roberts won 286 games in his career and Moyer now has 267 W's. Not too bad if you ask me, or as some people say, axe me.
So congrats to Moyer, kind of, for setting the record. Too bad the classy Roberts wasn't there for the passing of the torch.
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