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Ceremonial First Pitches
Celebrating a birthday? Graduation? Wedding Anniversary?
Come out to the Reading Phillies and celebrate in style.  We offer anyone the opportunity to walk out to the pitchers mound, wind up, and throw a pitch to a player at home plate.  
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vs. Akron
Sat May 17 
Seats available More info
6:05 pm 
(4:00 HH / 5:00 gates)
Post-Game Fireworks 
- Literacy Council of Reading - 40th Anniversary
Happy Hour w/ live music from Shame  & $1.00 off selected beers
- All Star Distributing
Post-Game concert w/ Shame  in the Classic Café
- Classic Harley-Davidson

Sun May 18 
Seats available More info
1:05 pm 
(12:00 gates)
R-Phils Mascot Band Hat (K2000) 
- Pepsi
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Reunion w/ Queen of Baseballtown Ruth Hartman and Friends
- 830 AM WEEU
$1.00 Hot Dogs
- Berks Packing / Stroehmann's
Post-Game Run the Bases (ALL AGES)
- 69 News Berks Edition

 

Neil Sellers, IF

B-T: R-R

HT: 6-0

WT: 195

BORN: April 3, 1982, Robards, KY

RESIDES: Robards

HOW OBTAINED: Selected by Phillies in minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft, 12/6/07; originally selected by HOU in 32nd round of 2004 draft

EDUCATION: Attended Eastern Kentucky University ... 2007: Spent season with Corpus Christi (AA) ... Hit safely in 12 of his first 16 games of the season (.345, 19-55, 11 RBI) ... Had a season-best 4 hits, 5/22 at Arkansas ... Had 28 multi-hit games ... Hit .326 in 51 road games and .239 in 60 home games ... 2006: Spent season with Salem (A) ... Led team in doubles and was named Carolina League Player of the Week, 8/14-20 ... 2005: Spent season with Tri-City (A) ... Named team MVP, New York-Penn League All-Star and a Topps Short-Season All-Star ... Led NYPL with 96 hits and finished 2nd in avg ... Named Topps Player of the Month for July ... Awarded NYPL Player of the Week, 6/20-26 ... Hit safely in 58 of 74 games ... 2004: Began pro career with Greenville (R) ... Named team's Defensive Player of the Month for August.

CAREER STATISTICS: *League leader

YEAR TEAM AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS
2004 Greeneville .285 50 158 23 45 11 0 2 30 23 30 3 4
2005 Tri-City .344 74 279 46 *96 18 1 11 50 35 28 8 6
2006 Salem .271 127 451 53 122 40 2 2 61 48 60 10 6
2007 Corpus Christi .282 111 358 49 101 23 1 7 43 19 61 0 2
Minors Totals .292 362 1246 171 364 92 4 22 184 125 179 21 18

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