Everybody seems to have a story about John Vukovich in Clearwater, Fla. -- players, club officials, baseball writers. The details are different: Vukovich offering properly profane advice, or being blunt when being blunt was the best thing, or interceding in a bad situation at just the right time, or pulling aside a young kid and guiding and protecting him. The Phillies have chartered a plane bound for Philadelphia to be there for Vukovich's memorial service Tuesday and offered seats to employee ...

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