Philadelphia Phillies
Coming off a seven day break, the Phillies (1-3) bats could not muster enough offense against New York Yankees (8-1) ace Gerrit Cole as they lost the first of a four game series, 6-3 at Yankee Stadium.
The Phillies-Yankees game for Tuesday has been postponed. It will be played as a doubleheader on Wednesday beginning at 4:05 at Citizens Bank Park.
If Sports Talk Philly existed in 1883, this would have been our write up of the Phillies first National League game.
The Phillies host the Athletics for City Series retro night on June 12,2020. What might they wear?
Embed from Getty Images By Mitch Nathanson, Historical Columnist If the rumors are true, then be afraid. Be very afraid. If the Phillies are, in fact, considering Dusty Baker, Joe Girardi, Buck Showalter and – are you kidding me? —Mike Scioscia to be their manager next year, it’s over. Really, really, over. Over. Did I say […]
Embed from Getty Images By Mitch Nathanson, Historical Columnist In a span of about a day earlier this week, baseball readers who follow such things were treated to what amounted to a succinct and well-argued summation of the existential box baseball finds itself trapped inside these days. With the start of another football season, the […]
Embed from Getty Images By Mitch Nathanson, Historical Columnist The last 24 hours haven’t been the best for the concept of free speech. Moments after smacking a game-winning home run last night, Sean Rodriguez smacked that portion of the Phillie fan base with the temerity to boo him beforehand. Those fans “seem[] pretty entitled,” he […]
Embed from Getty Images By Mitch Nathanson, Historical Columnist One of the more interesting aspects of the dust-up between the design firm Harrison-Erickson (H/E) and the Phillies over the copyright to the Phillie Phanatic is that H/E really, really, really does not want to win it. It finds itself in an odd position for a […]
Embed from Getty Images By Mitch Nathanson, Historical Columnist Following up on yesterday’s blockbuster news of a lawsuit between the Phillies and the design firm Harrison/Erickson, Inc. (H/E) over who ultimately owns the rights to the Phillie Phanatic, here’s how things got where they are and how they most likely will pan out. First, it’s […]
Atlanta sends out a lefty heavy lineup to face Jake Arrieta tonight, who has been less than good against left handed batters this season.
