If your cardboard cutout gets hit by a home run ball, you get an autographed baseball by the player who hit the home run, two 2021 tickets and a custom jersey with your name on it. The gamble, of course, is that the odds of your cutout being on the receiving end of a home run ball seems pretty slim

ReadingPhilly wrote:Steaks says wheeler and his wife welcomed a healthy baby on Monday.

ReadingPhilly wrote:He’s still set to pitch Saturday

Grotewold wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:Steaks says wheeler and his wife welcomed a healthy baby on Monday.

very nice

ReadingPhilly wrote:He’s still set to pitch Saturday

even better

Bill McNeal wrote:He’ll be at the park for what, 4-5 hours? He’s got the rest of his life with that kid. /Berman

Grotewold wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:He’ll be at the park for what, 4-5 hours? He’s got the rest of his life with that kid. /Berman

"The baby was born. I was there for the birth."

The Phillies asked radio play-by-play announcer Scott Franzke if he wanted to travel. Franzke consulted with his road broadcast partner Kevin Frandsen, who tried to get him on board with the idea of renting an RV. Frandsen went so far as securing a driver – his dad. Franzke was intrigued by the concept, until he saw the beginning of the Phillies’ road schedule, which included series against Toronto and Miami.

The Philadelphia Phillies have lost more games than any professional sports franchise in North America. They were born in 1883 as the Quakers and didn't capture a World Series until their 97th year of existence, in 1980. The Whiz Kids won the National League pennant in 1950, but they were the last NL team to integrate and didn't finish above third place again until 1964. That year, they held a 6.5-game lead with 12 to play and authored one of the most epic collapses in baseball history. It haunted a generation of Phillies fans even after the glory years of the late '70s and early '80s. The boisterous Macho Row squad captured a pennant in 1993 only to suffer one of the most backbreaking defeats on a Series-winning Joe Carter home run. They experienced a renaissance under the deft guidance of Hall of Fame executive Pat Gillick and won five consecutive division titles from 2007-2011. The 2008 world champions enthralled an entire city, but the Phillies have failed to return to postseason baseball since a 102-win season in 2011, which ended in disappointment.

PrattRules wrote:Is Vince Velasquez really our third starter?

PrattRules wrote:Is Vince Velasquez really our third starter?

MoBettle wrote:Every team page on the Athletic has a "bio" and the Phillies' really sums it up well. It's been fun!

The Philadelphia Phillies have lost more games than any professional sports franchise in North America. They were born in 1883 as the Quakers and didn't capture a World Series until their 97th year of existence, in 1980. The Whiz Kids won the National League pennant in 1950, but they were the last NL team to integrate and didn't finish above third place again until 1964. That year, they held a 6.5-game lead with 12 to play and authored one of the most epic collapses in baseball history. It haunted a generation of Phillies fans even after the glory years of the late '70s and early '80s. The boisterous Macho Row squad captured a pennant in 1993 only to suffer one of the most backbreaking defeats on a Series-winning Joe Carter home run. They experienced a renaissance under the deft guidance of Hall of Fame executive Pat Gillick and won five consecutive division titles from 2007-2011. The 2008 world champions enthralled an entire city, but the Phillies have failed to return to postseason baseball since a 102-win season in 2011, which ended in disappointment.