team gave him his very own jersey and he was punched in the face waiting for a bus in germantown and put it on line sparking nationwide out rage and he tells 6abc he moved on from attack and look forward for the birds making a playoff run and a check on sports with jeff skversky this city loves their sports but some players we simply embrace and darren dalton was one of those guys. >> one of the most beloved athletes the city has seen in phillies history one of the greatest catchers in phillies history five knee operations for darren dalton he was a fighter and fought to the bitter end with his illness former phillies star darren dalton passed away in the last few hours and dutch lost his four year battle with stage four brain cancer dalton was only 55 years old and dutch will always be remembered as the unquestionable leader of the 1993 phillies taking them from worst to first and the world

series and overcame career threatening knee injuries for an all-star and the only catcher in team history to post back to back 100, rbi seasons and spent 14 years with the phillies and inducted in wall of fame in 2010 and here is his team make talking about darren dalton and the radio. >> remembering what this guy was and i said it he is the best leader i have ever been around in any environment ever and helped me grow up and i would not have had the career i have if not being around dutch and getting my butt chewed out by him at all times. >> reporter: and a statement from david montgomery all of us at the phillies are sad to hear of his passing from the day we drafted him until today he constantly earned our respect and admiration as both a player and person, dutch was truly one of a kind and we will dearly miss him.

our condolence to the family and rocky is one way to describe how the phillies road trip started and looked like they were heading to a six straight loss against the rockies when they erupt with an eight winning come from behind thanks to the current catcher christmas miracle for the phillies that is santa at the game perhaps helping the phillies out pick it up and down one-nothing and ties it in a solo and bronco pinch hitting and cameron rupp trying to score from first with no outs and it may be the slowest guy on the team and out by a mile. but in the ninth how about rupp redemption, the two run double there you go. phillies win 3-2, it is only the fourth time all year they have won when trailing after the 8th inning. >> let me tell you i was running

as hard as i could but i'm not very fast but do you know what the team it's day in day out it doesn't matter the score at ball games we are going to come and play until the last out is made to the end and we have a lot of one run games that have not gone our way and for us to pull this out is real nice. announcer: talk about a sight for sore eyes jeffrey is back at training camp today the eagles number one receiver has been out since last sunday's open practice at the lynx with a sore shoulder. [ cheers and applause ] the ovation at the lynx and tells 6abc it's great to be back on the field and limited his return only participating in individual drills and the big story line in camp receivers beating up and schwartz doesn't know if the starting corners are even on this team right now. >> it will be nice to have you know solid guys or solid sorters

in those positions but we are still in the middle of a competition being consistent and winning match-ups consistently you know we are still work in progress there. i don't think that is any secret. >> that is the type of coach he is and wants guys to prove it to him and consistent on the field and everybody is consistent with it and wants to win the players on the team and carson wentz won over eagles fans and all chanting carson and wentz signing autographs and taking selfies 36,000 on hand how about corner ron brooks playing catch with the fans today much more on the eagles tonight on sports sunday and mike missanelli will join me live in studio coming up, at 11:45 and of course we will pay tribute and talk about the life, the legacy and the career of the one and only darren dalton who passed away tonight. >> i think our thoughts and prayers to his family. one more sports note to pass on

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america runs on dunkin'. this is action news sports sunday sponsored by audi. ♪ welcome to sports sunday i'm jeff skversky with mike missanelli from 97.5 the fanatic and we start with heavy hearts the passing of the one and only darren dalton the former phillies star lost his four year battle with stage four brain cancer when you think of darren dalton passing away at 55 years old it's just a tragedy, what do you remember most about darren dalton? >> much too young and my love and condolence go out to his wife amanda who i know very well and i remember him in the 93 season being in the locker room and i was in there a lot and the guys were not very friendly a