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Mitch Williams Ejected From Child’s Baseball Game Because He’s Mitch Williams

Run, don’t walk, to Deadspin’s post about Mitch Williams getting booted from a child’s baseball game for arguing with the umpire — because the pics […]

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WATCH: Kristin Chenoweth Belt Out The National Anthem

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Ex-Daily News Writer Gary Smith to Retire from SI

When the news came that legendary sportswriter Gary Smith was retiring from Sports Illustrated, I did what any writer would do: I called my dad. […]

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That Time Richard Nixon Showed Up to a Phillies Game at the Vet

Presidents love baseball. Barack Obama likes the White Sox, George W. Bush owned the Rangers, his dad regularly attends Astros games and Ronald Reagan played […]

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VIDEOS: Watch These 6 Great Clips of the Phillie Phanatic

Happy birthday, Phillie Phanatic! While the Phanatic’s birthday will be observed on a Sunday as usual — May 18th of this year — the Phanatic debuted […]

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Cool New Map Shows Where Phillies Fans Live by ZIP Code

Upshot, a new data-driven journalism site from the New York Times with a cringe-worthy name, released a really cool map detailing the preponderance of baseball […]

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Phillies Tickets Are Really Expensive

The Phillies are riding a three-game winning streak. Chase Utley’s knees haven’t given out yet. Ryan Howard has already hit almost half as many home […]

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The Four Worst Philly Sports Teams

In the end, the Sixers even sucked at sucking. They ended their season Wednesday night just as they started it: with a victory over the […]

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6 GIFs That Prove the Phillie Phanatic Is the Best Mascot Ever

Though I think it would be obvious to all right-thinking people, not everyone believes the Phillie Phanatic is the best mascot in all of recorded […]

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Phillies Lose to Braves, Are Incredibly Cold in Process

Cliff Lee pitched a complete game, struck out 13 batters and gave up just 1 run on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park, but the […]

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Lego-Like Short Captures Phillies’ 2008 World Series Win

OYO Sportstoys, a company that makes “building-block mini-figures featuring the likenesses of your favorite MLB, NFL, and NHL players,” just published a fun video where it […]

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Watch Phillies Fans Get Crushed By Dan Uggla Grand Slam in Animated GIF

From last night’s 9-6 Atlanta Braves victory over the Phillies comes this animated GIF showing the reactions of Phillies fans to a grand slam by […]

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Phillies Weekend in GIFs: Chase Utley Starts the Season 20-for-40, Jimmy Rollins Shuts up Heckler

We’re 12 games into the season, and the Phillies are 6-6. In their first homestand of the year, they were swept by the Brewers — who […]

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Five Years Later, We Still Miss Harry Kalas

CBS Philly reports: “Sunday marks the 5th anniversary of the death of former Phillies announcer Harry Kalas. A steady stream of fans visited the Harry […]

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Check Out the Cool Patch of William Penn the Phillies Used to Have on Their Jerseys

Last night, I attended a talk at Fleischer Art Memorial about “The Art and Design of Sports Uniforms.” It was done by Peter Capolino, the […]