#50YearsAgo in the Daily News - October 10, 1975. Bill Conlin on Paul Owens making off season deals at the World Series. Key takeaways: the #Phillies never got any of the guys he mentions, Bill really wanted to see Lefty go, the Downtown Ollie Brown shout out.

#50YearsAgo in The Philadelphia Inquirer - October 10, 1975: The Search for By Saam's successor is over. Andy Musser joins Richie Ashburn and Harry Kalas in the WPHL booth for 1976.

J.T. pointing to first.

The #Phillies "0 for 4" era is over. And it ended in a way that no one in a million years could have ever predicted. A real shame too, because this was one hell of a ballgame. 123 days until pitchers and catchers report. www.springtrainingcountdown.com

#HBD Randy Lerch, born October 9, 1954 in Sacramento, CA #Phillies P 1975-80 - 11 year big leaguer #Brewers #Expos #Giants

#BOTD in 1904, Phillies Wall of Famer and Baseball Hall of Famer Chuck Klein.

#HBD José Rosario Domec Cardenal, born October 7, 1943 in Matanzas, Cuba #Phillies OF/1B 1978-79 - 18 year big leaguer #Giants #Angels #Indians #Cardinals #Brewers #Cubs #Mets #Royals

Yep, we must, as a nation, save TikTok. For math. Sure.

I'll never understand how A-Rod ended up on my TV screen instead of hiding in the shadows in disgrace hoping he wouldn't be recognized.

Imagine if we could have challenged Lopes.

#NewProfilePic Let's Go #RedOctober

"No ghost runner if this game is tied after 9." You know why? Because that's FAKE BASEBALL.

At the end of the Yankees-Red Sox game, the ESPN announcer screamed "REDEMPTION FOR THE YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!" at the top of his lungs. Dude. They lost one game. WTF?

This went viral and as a result I've seen a weird, ugly side of BS that I hadn't before.

#BOTD Phillies Wall of Fame pitcher Robin Evan Roberts, September 30, 1926 – May 6, 2010.

Dr. Eric White is a top scholar on the Gutenberg Bible, but in his free time, he's been studying one of baseball’s biggest mysteries – Who are the unnamed artists behind the classic Topps baseball cartoons? thefanfiles.com/articles/topps-baseball-cards-cartoons-comics-cartoonists

Leave Terry Francona alone, HE'S WORKING!

People who have seats right behind the plate and never look up from their phone should be dragged out of the ballpark and banned for life.

Aaron Judge is objectively the Most Valuable Player in all of baseball. As much as I'd love to see Cal be the MVP he just isn't, and that's no slight on him or what he did this season. I just hope my Mariner friends don't get apocalyptic about it when Judge wins the award.

#NewProfile pic. All set for #RedOctober!

LET'S GO! In WCR, I'm rooting for: Red Sox (I guess) Tigers Reds Padres

On whatifsports, I have a progressive league Phillies team that is currently between the 1966 and 1967 seasons. Two of my big stars are Billy Williams and Ron Santo, so I asked ChatGPT to show me them in 1966 Phillies uniforms and here's what I got!

Congrats to the Tigers, I was rooting for them.

#HBD to Phillies Wall of Famer and Baseball Hall of Famer Michael Jack Schmidt, the greatest third baseman of all-time, born September 27, 1949 in Dayton, OH.

This is the Aaron Nola we need.

I finally scored a copy of this big beautiful book! #cardsky

#BOTD Phillies Wall of Fame pitcher Chris Short, September 19, 1937 – August 1, 1991.

via @mwkronenberg.bsky.social

I kinda feel that you've got to be a real chump to buy this stuff. Either way, it's completely useless within a few weeks. If the Phillies choke in the playoffs and don't advance, it's a reminder of failure. If they end up winning the World Series, it's just kind of lame.

I can't believe the Phillies didn't learn their lesson from last year about early celebrations. They haven't won shit yet. Act like you've been there before.

The Walker Buhler Game

If I catch a home run ball fair and square, I'm keeping it.

Whoever writes those Google Cloud baseball commercial obviously has never watched baseball.

The video is inconclusive but it IS plausible that the dad may have grabbed the ball out of her hands. Just sayin'.

RIP

"Dad strength?" These people must think we're morons.

Nola is washed, isn't he?

#HBD to 1974-79 Sixers center Harvey Catchings, born September 2, 1951 in Jackson, MS.

I'm a Julio Franco superfan. In my imagination I wonder at the lost 80s/90s Phillies DP combo of Franco and Sandberg.

7 Eleven Slurpee cups, 1972 (Wise) and 73 (Carlton)

Birthday badass Garry Maddox in 1976 w/(l-r) mgr. Danny Ozark, Dave Cash, Dick Allen and Mike Schmidt.

Looks like I picked a good time to turn off the ballgame #PhilliesBraves

50 years ago in TSN: "Phillies May Use Boone as Bait for Pitcher" by Tim Kelly, who wrote "of course, Boone is more or less resigned to a change of uniforms," citing a 1973 trade offer that would have landed Bill Freehan in Philly. Apparently there was "some kind of mix-up," whatever that means.

#HBD to Phillies Wall of Fame centerfielder Garry Maddox, "The Secretary of Defense," born September 1, 1949 in Cincinnati, OH. "Two-thirds of the Earth is covered by water, the other one-third by Garry Maddox" (NOT originated by Ralph Kiner, btw)

1 run feels huge in a game like this. #PhilliesBraves

Can't wait to have college basketball back. Three more days!

I almost turned off the game after Nola's 3-run first inning.

@thesmallhallpod.bsky.social Are you guys familiar with the Shrine of the Eternals and the Baseball Reliquary?

Garbage Fox announcers tonight were talking about how much they'd love to see an ASG style "swing off" in regular games. "Almost would make me root for ties" one of those assholes said. I hate when the Phillies are on Fox and ESPN.