The Toronto Blue Jays announced Monday that they will retire Roy Halladay’s No. 32. The Jays will officially retire the number before their home opener March 29 against the Yankees. Halladay, who died Nov. 7 in a plane crash, is the greatest pitcher in Blue Jays history. Drafted by Toronto, he went 148-76 with a […]
While we await the beginning of the 2018 season, we figure it wouldn’t be a bad idea to look three years into the future. (… hopes we’re not dead yet) Nope, we’re good! Welcome to 2021, where the Phillies are in the World Series against the 2017 and 2019 world champion Houston Astros. The ‘stros hope […]
We’re back, baby! It seemed like only a week ago that the Eagles season ended, and yet here we are, the beginning of spring training! Pitchers and catchers report on Wednesday, but today there are Guys Milling Around in Clearwater. This means we’ll get the annual first dateline from the beat writers (“CLEARWATER, Fla. –), […]
As previously announced, the second book we’ll be reading in the Phillies Nation Book Club is the autobiography Crash – The Life and Times of Dick Allen. Dick “Don’t Call Me Richie” Allen was named Rookie of the Year in 1964. The highs of winning the award along with the lows of losing the pennant […]
