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- 1Bill Giles, Phillies executive behind championship teams, dies at 92▼Bill Giles, architect of Phillies championship teams (and Phillie Phanatic), dies at 92
Bill Giles, the former Philadelphia Phillies executive credited with building the franchise's 1980 and 2008 World Series championship teams and helping create the Phillie Phanatic mascot, has died at the age of 92. tributes are coming in from across the baseball world, where he is remembered as one of the most influential figures in the club's history and a longtime advocate for the sport.