The Phils Are Hot, The Schedule Gets Easier, The Fun Continues…Right?


Right now, I feel exactly like Patrick Star in that scene from Spongebob where he returns home to his rock and doesn’t know any of the people in his house. When it comes to the Phillies of the past week, I don’t know who any of these people are.   5 straight wins?! 9th inning […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | June 10, 2022

Viva Las Vegas: Harper, Stott Are The Future, But Is The Future Now?


When the Phillies signed Bryce Harper to a mega 13-year, $330 million contract in March of 2019, they expected him to step up in the clutch moments like he did on Sunday afternoon. When the Phillies drafted Bryson Stott, they will say that they eventually expected the same thing from Stott that they did from […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | June 7, 2022

Ranking The Best Possible Philly Sports Documentaries


With the recent news of a multi-part, Derek Jeter “Last Dance style” documentary coming out in two months, it got me thinking: what parts of Philly sports history deserve to be told in a national spotlight? (It also got me thinking that if Derek Jeter played for any other team but the Yankees, ESPN would […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | June 1, 2022

The Pros & Cons To Firing Joe Girardi


This Phillies team has been more disappointing than a rainy day at the beach. The 2022 Phillies have been downright embarrassing. Whether it be their dumbfounding defensive miscues, inopportune cold streaks at the plate, or the bullpen serving up their best batch of an Italian grandmother’s meatballs in big situations, this squad has been intolerably […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | May 31, 2022

A Painful Philly Sports Roundup


Here is my pitch for a city-wide slogan regarding the Philadelphia sports teams: Philly sports, where the hope is plentiful, but the pain and suffering is endless. That’s the kind of Tuesday it was in the Delaware Valley.   The day had every bit of predictable frustration you could possibly imagine. The Phillies played way […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | May 25, 2022

Could Glenn Rivers Actually Go To The Lakers?


The old saying goes, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” Glenn Rivers (Sidebar: no, I will not call him Doc. There are two Philly sports related doctors as far as I’m concerned — Erving and Halladay — and quite frankly, Rivers isn’t cool enough nor has he done enough in this town to earn that nickname. […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | May 24, 2022

Will the Phillies Finally Sustain Any Sort of Momentum?


Philadelphia sports are the real life embodiment of Michael Corleone from The Godfather: Part III, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” The Eagles have resembled that quote pretty much every year since 2017, the Sixers have been that way since they decided to start trying to win basketball games, […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | May 23, 2022

The Philadelphia 76ers Deserve More Respect


Despite Doc Rivers best efforts to blow leads and force Furkan Korkmaz down our throats, the Philadelphia 76ers are a half game out of first place in the Eastern Conference. Yet, if you reside anywhere outside of the Delaware Valley, you likely didn’t know that.   only Doc Rivers could start an overtime down by […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | February 1, 2022

Exorcising Demons: How the Birds Can Upset Brady and the Bucs


For many Philadelphia sports fans, the Eagles loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2002 NFC Championship game ranks #1 in most fan’s hearts as the Eagles game that hurt the most.   The Eagles were supposed to win that game. It was supposed to be the final swan song for the Vet, and […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | January 15, 2022

Devonta Smith Was The Right Pick


If nothing else, every season the Eagles bye week reminds me of one thing about Philadelphia fans and media alike: If they cannot find drama, they will create it.   Imagine #Eagles didn’t project Micah Parsons as rusher, otherwise decades-old philosophy would have likely resulted in taking him over DeVonta Smith at 10. Unless they […]

By Matt Szczypiorski | December 14, 2021