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Originally Posted by dennis_keith
Where and When does Al Flair's Phillies connection come in....Spring Training? He never played for the Phillies or their minor league affiliates.
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Flair was in camp with the Phillies in the spring of 1948. The Phillies felt they were weak at first base and brought in a whole bunch of people to compete for the job. Ultimately, they traded for Dick Sisler of the Cardinals to fill the position. I do not know if Flair was an invite, a Rule V thing, or whether they purchased him from New Orleans and then sold him back, But the fact remains that he played for New Orleans in both '47 and '48, even though the club changed affiliations between the two years, which implies to me that, by that point, he was property of New Orleans and not Boston.