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Phillies fans are trying to sabotage D-backs’ home-field advantage by purchasing tickets to leave seats empty

Phillies fans are just different.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Nine innings in 51 minutes: Major League Baseball’s fastest game ever

Baseball’s pace-of-play rules have made for quicker games than in recent memory. But they’ll be hard-pressed to approach the all-time record set by the Giants and Phillies in 1919

The Guardian - US

The Celebre twins: How Richie Ashburn and a South Philly pizza shop became ‘family’

PHILADELPHIA — The AM-radio broadcast hummed in his car, providing a soundtrack for the summer nights he delivered pizzas throughout South Philadelphia. The announcers — Harry, Whitey, Wheels and Andy — were able to make a nine-inning game feel like a breeze. And when the Phillies entered the late innings,…

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After 40 years, PhanaVision is part of the Phillies ‘show.’ It just got even bigger.

PHILADELPHIA — It poured on the night the Phillies unveiled PhanaVision, delaying the game 40 years ago and perhaps delivering a message from the baseball gods after yet another pillar of the sanctum was destroyed. The Phillies were already playing on fake grass while wearing maroon instead of red and…

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Veterans Stadium’s turf was known to be dangerous before it was thought to be cancerous

PHILADELPHIA — It had been two weeks since Byron Evans turned down a multi-million dollar contract when he planted his white cleat into the turf. Evans was a few months from turning 31 but the Eagles linebacker was still playing at a high level, seeming to get better with age…

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Win or you’re done? Former Cub Kyle Schwarber knows about that: ‘It’s going to take everyone.’

PHILADELPHIA — Rhys Hoskins was nearing the major leagues in the fall of 2016, so surely he was tuned in that October to the World Series.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bad Omen? Every Time A Philadelphia Baseball Team Wins The World Series, There's A Severe Recession

The Houston Astros have a lot of haters following the team’s infamous cheating scandal that broke in 2019. But maybe, just maybe, the Astros are who we all should be rooting for in this year’s Fall Classic. Dating back to the early 20th century, every single time a Philadelphia baseball…

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World Series teed up: Harper, Phillies go deep, face Astros

Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies are set to play the Houston Astros in the World Series

The Independent UK

The Phillies’ Rob Thomson is ‘special.’ Just ask Derek Jeter.

Rob Thomson, champagne bottle in his right hand, stood Saturday night in the center of the Phillies clubhouse as his players circled around him. The team was seven games below .500 when Thomson stepped in as manager, yet here it was in October standing just four wins from the World…

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Marcus Hayes: Phillies should be glad to get a split despite Zack Wheeler’s loss in Game 2 of the NLDS

ATLANTA — You’re greedy. We get it.

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How the Phillies Can Avoid Their Typical Late-Season Collapse

The biggest obstacle in their way is a history they have inherited. Here’s why this year’s team is different.

Sports Illustrated

Chase Utley has moved to England to spread the gospel of baseball — and he’s already converted one Brit

PHILADELPHIA — Dave Shaw did not know anything about baseball when he arrived 10 years ago in Philadelphia for the final stop in a cross-country vacation. A friend had an extra ticket to a Phillies-Pirates game in June 2012, so Shaw took a cab to South Philly before flying home…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

If the Sixers choke against the Raptors, where would the collapse rank in Philly sports history?

Don't deny it. You're thinking about it. You wouldn't be a Philadelphia sports fan, full of skepticism and even cynicism, always hedging your hope, if you weren't thinking about it. Yes, the 76ers are still up three games to two on the Raptors in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. Yes, they're…

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