We start off this day in Phillies history in 1997. Philadelphia Phillies president David Montgomery fired General Manager Lee Thomas and promoted a sistant GM Ed Wade to acting GM.This move was a crucial one in Phillies history, as Wade has long been
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Andrew Miller Jersey ContinueOn this day in 2013, Roy Halladay announced his retirement from baseball. The two-time Cy Young Award winner and Hall of Famer signed a one-day contract to retire as a Toronto Blue Jay. However, Halladay said of his time in Philadelphia, "As much fun as I had in Toronto, Philadelphia was kind of the icing on the cake for me." A perfect game and postseason no-hitter are certainly some fond memories. Mi s you,
Tyler O'Neill Jersey Doc!On this day in 2019, the Phillies signed free agent pitcher Zack Wheeler to a five-year, $118 million deal. Wheeler has lived up to the contract since, pitching well in 2020, and having a career-year in 2021.Wheeler finished as the NL Cy Young Award runner-up to Milwaukee's Corbin Burnes this past season. Wheeler finished 2021 at 14-10, with a 2.78 ERA and 247 strikeouts in 213.1 innings pitched. The pick up is by far one of the best of former GM Matt Klentak's tenure.Lastly, former Phillies second baseman Juan Samuel was
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Dan Duffy wants to be clear: he is not Yankees fan.Growing up in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia, he watched helple sly as New York defeated his hometown Phillies in the 2009 World Series. Nonethele s, this longtime Philly sports fan isn't letting his heartbreaking past come in the way of giving back to those in need.Duffy works in word art illustration, taking letters and making images out of relevant words. For over a decade, Duffy has been creating countle s unique works of art, ranging from city skylines and musicians to famous moments in history. His most
Joel Bitonio Jersey recent piece, released to his site earlier this month, has a deeper meaningone that transcends baseball.Using the words from Lou Gehrig's 'Luckiest Man' farewell speech in 1939 Duffy put together an image of the Hall of Fame first baseman standing in front of a microphone delivering the timele s addre s."This is my dream," Duffy said, explaining the proce s of taking a blank canvas and turning it into an intricately detailed and distinctive image. "From a distance, a person says, 'Oh, that looks like a cool drawing and illustration.' But they don't know it's made out of words. When they get closer, they see that it's letters. And then the exploration of trying to find out what these letters mean, 'What am I looking at?' I love that self discovery."The bulk of his works are rooted in sports. Duffy has a knack for illustrating championship parades, iconic images of Hall of Famers and legendary moments etched into the minds of all sports fans, all with his own artistic flare.Duffy had originally created the Gehrig image earlier in his artistic career. But after reaching out to the Yankee legend's family amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he now is making it available to the public to help the charity."Because of the
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Phillip Gaines Jersey charities working to fundraise for those in need of financial a sistance can't host events.With that in mind, not only will Duffy's "Luckiest Man" piece result in donations to ALS charities, but a portion of all proceeds from purchases of baseball prints will go to an a sortment of local ALS A sociation chapters during the month of May."I'm very happy for any impact or anything we can do to help, for sure," Duffy said.
David Njoku Jersey He recalled some of his favorites, including his "Road to the World Series" piece where he took the date, opponent and score of each game en route to Philadelphia's title in 2008.Yet even for a Phillies fan, Duffy admitted he wouldn't be where he is today without the Yankees. His rendering of Yankee Stadium, drawn out using the names of every player to appear in a Yankees uniform in franchise history up until the 2009 championship, was featured in the , a sign that this craft is something he can do for the rest of his life."Maybe I'll be able to do more artwork and truly love to hate the Yankees, but I would not be a sports artist, profe sionally, without the great Yankee fansthere's just no doubt about that."
NEW YORK Aaron Judge's special season soared to new
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CLEVELAND-- The Indians are on their way to Los Angeles for a three-game series against the Angels
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The Texas Rangers are entering the final stretch of their season as they host the Cleveland Guardians at 6:05 p.m. on Saturday evening at Globe Life Field. The Rangers (65-85) have just 12 games remaining on the schedule, while the Guardians (84-67)
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The Philadelphia Phillies opened their week with a few acquisitions which aim to provide more depth for the team. To start, they signed relief pitcher Brad Hand to a one-year $6 million dollar contract, . He's coming off of a jumbled season with the Washington Nationals, Toronto
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On a day where two more
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CC Sabathia was a former first-
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The Mariners have a chance to have one of the nastiest bullpens in baseball. But in order for this to come to fruition, the dice have to roll correctly on multiple to ses.Can Diego Castillo continue his domination? Will Paul Sewald find his strikeout pitch? What does Ken Giles look like coming off Tommy John surgery? How about Erik Swanson?The sheer volume of question marks will shrink
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All seven of the Cleveland Guardians minor league teams were in action on Thursday.Nashville took an early 1-to-0 lead over Columbus until the second inning when Clippers catcher Bo Naylor would tie the game up hitting his third Triple-A homerun since being promoted and ninth overall homerun on the season.The Sound would get to Clippers starter Xzavion Curry making his second start with the team scoring three runs to make it a 4-to-1 ballgame. Curry would go six innings allowing four runs on five hits while striking out five.Columbus now trailing 6-to-1 would score once more on a Will Benson solo homerun in the eighth inning. The homerun for Benson was his 13th on the season and would extend his hitting streak to eight straight gamesThe Clippers have lost the first three games of the series dropping their record to 46-35 on the year.Top Performers:Will Benson 1-3 R HR RBI 2BBBo Naylor 1-4 R HR RBIAlex Call 1-2 2B 2BBTyler Freeman 1-4 BBXzavion Curry 6.0(IP) 5H 4R 4ER 2BB 5SOAndrew Misiaszek 1.2(IP) 1H 0R 0ER 0BB 4SOCleveland Guardians 23-year-old right-handed pitching prospect Tanner Bibee was outstanding in his Double-A debut for Akron Thursday night. Bibee threw five scorle s
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