A tribute to Andrew Knapp

Andrew Knapp retired this week, walking away from the game that had given him so much.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Andrew Knapp (@theknappyboy5)

A .209/.309/.312 career slash line for a batter is nothing to write home about. Glance at it quickly and you’d probably assume whoever did this was doing their best Bob Uecker impression, only with more power and more of an ability to take a walk. Yet this line does not belong to the former Braves (and Phillies!) catcher, but it does belong to someone who squatted behind the plate for the Phillies during the lean times.

When the Phillies had decided to rebuild, we clung to the future. “Trust the prospects!” was the battlecry, ringing…