Phillies
The Phillie Phanatic Will Haunt This Adorable Baby’s Nightmares Forever
For most kids, the Phillie Phanatic is a cherished piece of the Philadelphia baseball experience. The fuzzy green mascot shoots hot dogs out of a […]
The Phillies’ Latino Uprising
For teenage big-league hopefuls at the brand-new baseball academy the Phillies opened (with the Minnesota Twins) in the Dominican Republic this January, the box score […]
Should We Encourage the Idea of Cole Hamels Returning to Phils?
The Texas Rangers completed their sweep of the Phillies on Thursday afternoon, but our old friend Cole Hamels wasn’t the one silencing our bats — […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Awakening of Aaron Altherr
Some weeks are so full of hope and wonder that we have a hard time choosing amongst all the Best Things That Happen. Then there […]
Lovable Former Phillie Carlos Ruiz Gets Hero’s Welcome in Return to Philly
Carlos Ruiz — affectionately known around these parts as “Chooch” — was given the hero’s welcome that he deserved Tuesday night as the longtime Phillies catcher […]
Ryan Howard Joins Radnor-based Venture Capital Firm As New Partner
Fresh off his release by the Atlanta Braves organization, SeventySix Capital has announced that former Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard has signed on to join […]
The Phillies Were the Most Profitable MLB Team in 2016
Believe it or not, the Phillies made more money than any other Major League Baseball team in 2016 despite a lousy fourth-place finish in the […]
Pete Rose Named to Phillies Wall of Fame
The Phillies announced on Monday that Pete Rose will be honored on August 12th as the 39th inductee into the franchise’s Wall of Fame, in […]
Mark Your Calendar: Phillies Yoga Day to Return to Citizens Bank Park
Downward-dogging Phillies fans, rejoice! Phillies Yoga Day, which went down for the first time at Citizens Bank Park last year (after being rescheduled due to […]
Monday Morning TL;DR: Spaghetti Donuts Now Exist on Planet Earth
Happy Monday, everyone. This week we’ve got news from the frontiers of artificial intelligence, another thing shaped like a donut that isn’t a donut, another […]
The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Brock Stassi Made the Big Leagues
We live in a world of insta-success these days. A single tweet, a viral video, and you (or you, or I) can be the Next […]
One of Us: John Kruk
My name is … John Martin Kruk. I was named after my grandfather. I grew up … mostly in West Virginia, in a tiny town. […]
Roy Halladay Might Be Returning to the Phillies (to Coach)
Roy Halladay could be coming back to the Phillies. No, the 2010 Cy Young winner and perfect-game-thrower won’t be returning to the mound. But longtime […]
How Matt Klentak Plans to Rebuild the Phillies
Matt Klentak agrees to meet me at Citizens Bank Park at two o’clock on a bitterly cold January afternoon. I show up early and kill […]
Can Baseball Be Saved?
Just as the Phils kick off spring training comes the earth-shattering news that Major League Baseball is tinkering with the very foundations of America’s Pastime. […]