Steve Carlton — American Athlete born on December 22, 1944,

Steven Norman "Steve" Carlton, nicknamed "Lefty", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1965 to 1988 for six different teams in his career, but it is his time with the Philadelphia Phillies where he received his greatest acclaim as a professional and won four Cy Young Awards. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994... (wikipedia)

It's all quotes, anyway, and it all sounds the same to me.
Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.
My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
So what I did on the field was the essence of what I am. Remember me like that.
Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.