Articles by Patrick Franklin (3)
Posted by Patrick Franklin August 18th, 2006 On this date, Mike Lieberthal surpasses this gentleman to the left, Charles Sebastion "Red" Dooin, as the Phillies' all time leader in games as a catcher. Dooin caught 1,124 games for the Phillies from 1902-1914. He is also credited as being the first catcher ever to wear shin […]
Posted by Patrick Franklin Well. Here's the deal: I missed yesterday's "Day in Baseball History," and from what I can divulge, not much happened on today's date in baseball hostory. The Padres and Mets played the first ever MLB game in Mexico in 1996. Outside of that, nothing monumental occured. SO. I am going to […]
Posted by Patrick Franklin Hello there. I am the new kid on the block here at Philliedelphia. Some of you will know me as the handsome but pre-maturely balding and occasionally funny @Phils08champs on twitter. I am in the process, and failing, to figure out how TypePad works. I currently write for Ticket, a MontCo […]