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Will You Be Watching The Phillies On Fox Sports in 2016?
By Joel Mathis 4/30/2013
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Maybe. Then again, remember who owns the tallest building on the city's skyline? Comcast, that's who. And while Comcast may be shipping its sports operations to Connecticut and the sweet, sweet tax advantages available to broadcast is that state, it still seems likely the hometown cable conglomerate will do its darndest to keep the hometown MLB team on its airwaves.
That said, Yahoo Sports thinks Fox Sports may make a bid for the Phillies broadcasting rights:
Comcast is a Philadelphia-based company. It does not want to lose the rights of the team that from 2009-11 ranked among the three highest local baseball
Don’t Beg the Eagles and Phillies for School Donations. Tax Them.
By Joel Mathis 4/29/2013
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Chris Lehmann has the right idea, but he’s going about it the wrong way.
The good idea? It’s time to get Philly’s major pro teams—the Eagles, the Phillies, the Flyers, and the 76ers—to pitch in and help fund the city’s financially drowning school district. The problem? Lehmann, founding principal of the Science Leadership Academy, is asking nicely, using a petition at Change.org.
Should Philly’s Sports Teams Bail Out the School District?
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 4/26/2013
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According to Chris Lehman, principal of the Philadelphia Leadership Academy, the answer to that question is yes. Lehman has started a Change.org petition asking Philly's millionaire team owners to chip in to help close the school district's $300 million deficit, specifically by helping fund athletic programs.
Last year, Philadelphia sports teams had over $800 million in revenues. The entire athletics budget of the School District of Philadelphia was $7.1 million this year. Less than one percent of your revenues would fully fund athletics for the students of Philadelphia...Our kids are your fans, a couple of our kids will be your future stars,
Phillies Fans Can Rejoice: Salvation Goes By The Name of Jesse Biddle
By Joel Mathis 4/24/2013
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True, it's not pitching that seems to be the problem with the Phillies so far this season—cold bats might be more of a challenge—but forget that for a second so we can pretend that help is just around the corner. Jesse Biddle struck out 16 batters Monday night for the Phils' Double-A affiliate in Reading, Pa.
“What Jesse did was very exciting," said Joe Jordan, the Phillies' director of player development. "To strike out 14 hitters in six innings with 73 pitches is almost impossible to do. That’s like 12 pitches an inning. Very impressive.”
So why isn't this guy a big
Is It Time To Start Rebuilding The Phillies?
By Joel Mathis 4/23/2013
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We're only a couple of weeks into the season, and yes, the Phillies have gotten off to an inconsistent start. But it time to start trading away our favorite players and start, finally, rebuilding the team—knowing that there will be no follow-up in this group to the (gulp) 2008 World Series championship that's (gulp) already five years in the past?
At ESPN, Dan Smyzborski says it's time to give up:
The Phillies aren't going to lose more games than the Astros, and certainly won't be in the running to pick first in the 2014 draft, but the team's recent dynasty is over.
Adorable Video: Autistic Boy Throws Out First Pitch at Phillies Game
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 4/22/2013
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Before Saturday night's Phillies-Cardinals game, the team's youngest ace, Joseph Dever, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. He was there to commemorate Autism Awareness Night, but he might as well have been the team's sixth starter. Joseph's ability to combine intense focus with unbridled joy is something the Fightin' Phils' might want to emulate.
H/T Be Well Philly
Video: So Mike Piazza Is Pretty Serious About This Ballet Thing
By Simon van Zuylen-Wood 4/18/2013
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We recently discovered that former New York Met Mike Piazza was appearing in an actual ballet in Miami, where he now makes his home. Now, my friends, we have the dressing room footage to prove it. Behold.
Jonathan Papelbon Is Clinging To His Guns
By Joel Mathis 4/17/2013
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Since he was a widely beloved closer for the Red Sox during their recent glory years, it's no surprise that Phillies reliever Jonathan Papelbon would weigh in on the Boston Marathon bombing. Less expected: That his comments would turn, ever-s0-briefly, into a rant against President Obama. Talking to Comcast Sports Net this week, Papelbon expressed his discomfort interacting with large crowds at the ballparks, precisely for security reasons:
"I don't feel comfortable doing that," Papelbon said. "I really, truly don't. In today's day and age, it's gotten so crazy… everything. All this stuff going on. Shoot, man, Obama wants to take
The Phillies Lost Last Night, But Ben Revere Made This Awesome Catch
By Joel Mathis 4/16/2013
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Via The 700 Level, check out this video of Ben Revere being amazing in the outfield in a 4-2 Phillies loss:
Before the game, Revere taped the message "Pray for Boston" to his glove. His glove gave back the good karma.
Roy Halladay Can’t Beat the Calendar
By Michael Bradley 4/15/2013
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Here’s a little history lesson for everybody hoping that Doc Halladay’s 2-1 mastering of the fetid Marlins is an indication that he will spend the rest of the year mowing down NL hitters as he dispatched Miami’s minor-league outfit masquerading as a big-league club.
