Veterans Stadium
The Philadelphia Phillies have traded for Millville, NJ native Buddy Kennedy in exchange for cash, the Detroit Tigers announced on Friday morning. The Tigers have traded INF Buddy Kennedy to Philadelphia in exchange for cash considerations. — Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) June 7, 2024 What? Were you expecting someone else? The 25-year-old infielder has spent […]
Embed from Getty Images By Mitch Nathanson, Historical Columnist In 2003, the final year of Veterans Stadium, my third base field level tickets cost 26 bucks apiece. By that point it had become fashionable to call the Vet a dump because, well, it was. The place was falling apart, it smelled, it was hit-or-miss whether […]
Chase Utley made his major-league debut in April 2003. That August, I attended my third ever baseball game, the last I would see live in Veterans Stadium. The second baseman hit seventh that night. The shortstop hit eighth. And those two players would eventually be responsible for so much of my baseball life. In every […]
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. If you're old enough to remember the Whiz Kids of 1950, you're probably old enough to remember Connie Mack Stadium. According to Philly.Curbed.com, a house that was built with more than 1,000 bricks from the Phillies' old stadium in the late 1970's is for sale, and it's going for […]
Google user upload Parking is one expense that accompanies every Phillies game and there never seems to be enough of it. $15.00 for a Phillies-owned lot times 81 games is an extra $1215.00 for a season ticket holder. One popular option among Phillies fans has been to park at Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) […]
Posted By: Stephen Gallo courtesy phillies.com We all enjoy going to Phillies games. That's apparent now more than ever, when you take a look at our 130+ consecutive sellouts. Going to the ballpark is always a great time, and sometimes we get a little something extra when we go thanks to promotions and giveaways. Whether it's […]
