Colorful,shaggy,andunkempt,misfitsandoutlaws,the1993Philliesplayedhardandpartiedhard.LedbyDarrenDaulton,JohnKruk,LennyDykstra,andMitchWilliams,itwasateamthefanslovedandcontinuetolovetoday.Focusingonsixkeymembersoftheteam,MachoRowfollowstheremarkableseasonwithanup-closelookattheplayers’lives,theteam’striumphsandfailures,andwhatmadethisgroupsouniqueandsosuccessful.Withathrowbackmentality,theteamadheredtobaseball’sCode.Designedtopreservethemoralfabricofthegame,theCode’sunwrittenrulesformedthebedrockofthisdiehardteamwhoseplayerspaidhomageandrespecttothegameatalltimes.Trustingoneanotherandavoidinganynotionsofsuperstardom,theyconsistentlyrubbedtheoppositionthewrongwayanddidn’tcare.WilliamC.Kashatuspullsbackthecoversonthisold-schoolbandofbrothers,depictingthehighsandlowsandtheirbrashstylewhilealsodiggingintothesuspectedsteroiduseofplayersontheteam.MachoRowisastoryofwinningandlosing,successandfailure,andtheemotionalhighsandlowsthataccompanythem.
