I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let me do that.

He Larry Bowa Garry Maddox Dick Ruthven and Del Unser took on five members of the Kansas City Royals: Dennis Leonard Dan Quisenberry Paul Splittorff John Wathan and Willie Wilson. 5 million for cystic fibrosis. In October 2003 Schmidt was named the manager of the Phillies' Single A Florida State League affiliate the Clearwater ThreMike Schmidtrs.

". Schmidt was one of the best athletes of his time; teammate Pete Rose once said "To have his body I'd trade him mine and my wife's and I'd throw in some cash. Michael Jack Schmidt (born September 27 1949) is a Hall of Fame third baseman widely considered as one of the greatest at the position in the history of Major League Baseball.