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 […]

For the first time in 6 years, the Phillies are giving you reasons to head down to the ballpark and watch them. They’re young, they’re talented, they have flame-throwers and they’re winning. “But why aren’t people showing up?”   Has been the main question surrounding this Phillies team to begin the season. Usually when a […]

One aspect of the the Sixers season ending in devastating fashion on Wednesday that I overlooked is the amount of free time it has opened up. From October until here in May, you got out of work or class and you flipped on NBC Sports Philadelphia for a 7pm Sixers tip. I got off work […]

When the Eagles hired Chip Kelly as their head coach, he was seen as a trailblazer. Kelly was seen to bring a whole new dynamic and style of coaching to the NFL. Kelly was also seen as the thinking-outside-the-box candidate for the Eagles.   When the Phillies promoted Pete Mackanin to Special Advisor to GM […]

This morning the Phillies introduced their newest prize in, 2015 Cy Young Award winner, Jake Arrieta. The importance of the signing is two-fold. One, is that it helps this team immediately, both on the field and in the clubhouse. Yes, the regression is real with Jake Arrieta. He’s seen his average fastball velocity dip two […]

Not only is Ty Kelly a bad and not very good baseball player, he looks like Smalls from The Sandlot. Ty with the eye for the specsTy Kelly#TyForTheWin pic.twitter.com/b2Tpr1cg4u — John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) June 16, 2017 Ty Kelly, much like many of the Phillies is a huge waste of time but somehow that photo makes […]