Remembering The Whiz Kids

Baseball is meant to be fun, after all, it’s a kid’s game. Even players in their mid-30s in the big leagues are supposed to have fun. The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies team took those words to heart. Well, they had to, because many of them were practically kids. Like the ’93 team, the 1950 Phillies caught lightning in bottle, shocking the baseball world and maybe themselves by winning the National League pennant. The “Whiz Kids” were born.

A majority of the 1950 Phillies roster was comprised of players aged 26 and younger. The team was led by Richie Ashburn and Philadelphia native Del Ennis (Olney High School). Ashburn, who was 23, and Ennis, 25, were both staples in the batting order, leading…