Staying up "stupid hours," how a UK-based Phillies fan is helping grow baseball in England
Dave Shaw's story of becoming a tortured Philadelphia Phillies fan began like so many others of a generation: a Chase Utley home run and a raucous Citizens Bank Park. Shaw didn't grow up in the city of cheesesteaks, Tastykakes, and Shortis; he was born and bred 3,433 miles away in Harrogate, England. Shaw was in Philadelphia in June 2012, the last stop of a backpacking trip across the United States. "The crowd goes crazy, I could see everyone rising," Shaw, who lives in Southampton, said.
