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The 2023 Dell Rapids Legion Post 65 baseball team will have a new team name.\u00a0 Head coach Danny Miller had past conversations with the late Jay Nebben, and through those conversations, Miller knew what name would fit the team.<\/p>\nThe 2023 Dell Rapids Legion Post 65 baseball team will have a new team name.\u00a0 Head coach Danny Miller had past conversations with the late Jay Nebben, and through those conversations, Miller knew what name would fit the team.<\/p>\n
The new name will be the “Phils”.\u00a0 The name comes from legendary Dell Rapids baseball coach Phil Anderson.\u00a0 Anderson coached baseball in Dell Rapids for 25 years and led Post 65 to two state titles in 1968 and 1969.\u00a0 Those were the only two varsity baseball titles until the high school club team won the title in 2017, and the only two legion titles until the Dell Rapids Legion team won another state title in 2018.<\/p>\n
Miller met with Anderson’s son, Cliff,\u00a0 and widow, Helen, about the idea of using Phil as the team name and to get permission.\u00a0 Both were overwhelmed by the idea and on board.\u00a0 Former players that played for Anderson were also excited about the name.<\/p>\n
Among other things, Anderson was a husband, father, veteran, sports official, and a person who cared for the Dell Rapids baseball field.\u00a0 Miller said that the team is proud to remember Phil by adopting his name for the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 2023 Dell Rapids Legion Post 65 baseball team will have a new team name.\u00a0 Head coach Danny Miller had past conversations with the late Jay Nebben, and through those conversations, Miller knew what name would fit the team. The new name will be the “Phils”.\u00a0 The name comes from legendary Dell Rapids baseball coach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[142,41],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legion-baseball","tag-dell-rapids-baseball","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n