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May 15, 2010 · How a simple, nonsensical phrase uttered by former major league coach Rich Donnelly's daughter, who died at the age of 18 in 1993, is helping sick kids today.
- Tim Kurkjian
Jul 10, 2016 · The story of Amy Donnelly, the daughter of baseball lifer Rich Donnelly, has brought clubhouses to tears for years. Now, through song, her famous catchphrase has taken on another life.
- 5 min
- Tom Friend
Oct 2, 2018 · Marlins' former third base coach Rich Donnelly thanks his daughter, Amy, for baseball's iconic phrase “The chicken runs at midnight.” In Major League Baseball the phrase means victory.
SC FEATURED: The Chicken Runs at Midnight. The Sunday, July 10, SC Featured segment on ESPN SportsCenter will tell the story of former Major League Baseball coach Rich Donnelly, whose dying teenage daughter’s prophetic words played out on a World Series stage, forever boding father and daughter.
- 42 sec
- ESPNFrontRow
The series starred Johnny Bench as the coach to a fictional baseball team of eight little league aged children known as "The Baseball Bunch". The ninth team-member was "The San Diego Chicken" (played by Ted Giannoulas) who served as a comic foil to Bench as he would attempt to mentor the children.
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May 15, 2010 · How a simple, nonsensical phrase uttered by former major league coach Rich Donnelly's daughter, who died at the age of 18 in 1993, is helping sick kids today.
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