28 years ago, on October 21, 1980, the Phillies won the World Series. I was 12 years-old at the time, and I still remember sitting on the blue recliner at home, watching Tug McGraw strike out Willie Wilson to clinch the team’s first championship since their founding in 1883. That was game 6. My [...]
Matt, Brooke, and I are in San Francisco right now. Last night, we went to see the Phillies play the Giants. The Phils won, in a really great game. Also, Phillies’ announcer Tom McCarthy was sitting near us at the start of the game, and during one of his bits on live TV we were [...]
I’m getting caught up on uploading some photos. First up are photos from a trip that Elizabeth and I took to see Brooke and Melissa in California at the end of September. It was a great trip. We visited the ocean, went hiking and biking, visited Laguna Beach, and huddled around a computer to see [...]
Believe it. In one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history, the Phillies today won the NL East title, winning while the Mets lost. The Phils came into today, the final day of the season, tied with the Mets. The Phils became the third team in baseball history to make up a [...]
Who woulda thunk it? It seems like just a short while ago that the Phillies’ only chance at the postseason was to make up enough ground to challenge for the wildcard. Well, two Fightin’ Phils’ sweeps of the division leading Mets later, coupled with continued success while the Mets falter, suddenly has the [...]
Last night the Phillies lost the 10,000 game in their history. They have lost more games than any professional sports team, ever. Now, part of this is because the Phillies are one of the oldest teams in a sport that plays more games per season than any other sport, but still . . [...]
