After sleeping on it, the reality has sunk in that this was the worst Philadelphia sports loss in our lifetime. In actuality, it wasn’t even an overreaction to believe that statement in the moment and it only becomes more and more evident as you sit with the stunning reality that the Phillies season is over. […]
Feels like a century ago Bryce Harper blasted a moonshot into a scorn of Phillies fans in the right field bleachers of Citizens Bank South. Our fans drowned out the home team with chants of “We got Harper!” as the Phillies raced out to an early division lead. Now, we have Harper. And the […]
It’s not truly fall unless I’m undergoing some sort of season-ending emotional turmoil with the Phillies. I care! No I don’t! We’re going to win it all! We will never win another game! Well, everybody, by that measure, fall has officially started. Phillies GM Matt Klentak participated in interviews this week while the Phillies finished […]
Sometimes as Philly fans, I think we see red too early and too often. We quit on our teams too soon. We focus on the negatives when there are positives. We claim to fight, then give up. Now is not one of those times. Now, it is completely justified. Last night against the Los Angeles […]
By: Mike Chisdock After approximately 16 bounces on the rim, the Sixers season is officially over. It’s time to turn our sights strictly to baseball and the Phillies. For those of you who were half paying attention to the Phils during the NBA playoffs, let’s get you caught up. We, as Philadelphia sports fans, have […]
WHAT: Signing Harper WHEN: 8PM Tonight WHERE: NBCSPhilly WHO: BRYCE FREAKING HARPER A team at NBC Sports Philly has put together a short documentary that will debut tonight detailing how the Phillies landed Bryce Harper in free agency. It’s bound to be my favorite behind the scenes look at a guy getting snagged since Zero […]
MLB Insider, Jim Bowden, did an interview today discussing the aftermath of the Harper signing and had a ton to say about Mike Trout’s impending free agency as well. Here’s his sound byte: As if guaranteeing that Trout will be on this team in two years wasn’t enough, Bowden also said that Harper TEXTED Trout […]
This week on the Life of a Philly Fan Podcast, we declared something new. If you haven’t listened yet, you can do so riiiiiiiiight…HERE. What we decided is that every take we have from now on should be presented in the form of an analogy. For instance, what I said was that the Wentz vs […]