By day, Walter Thurmond was the Eagles' starting safety. By weekday late afternoons, he was apparently Dick Mahoney, enigmatic Philly-area softball star. We know this thanks to the investigative work of Philly blog .A reader detailed via email how Thurmond ended up in the rec league, and eventually, how his cover was blown.Thurmond, who went by Dick Mahoney on the diamond, presented himself as a friend of a friend, and while the reader expected your garden-variety middle-aged dude looking to relive
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Christian Wood Jersey hat." And that's where the legend begins.In Mahoney's first two games, he hit seven home runs, and it would have been eight if he hadn't overrun the lead runner on the base paths. He was easily the best player on the team though he didn't socialize much. In fact, Mahoney once told a teammate that for a living he did "a little bit of this, a little bit of that." More details via the reader:The woman who organizes our softball team asked redacted what Mahoney's email was so he could be added to our thread. "Doesn
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