The Double-A Reading Fightin Phils will celebrate 50 years as a Phillies affiliate (a-Phil-iate?) this season by honoring the 50 greatest players to play for the franchise since 1967. Included among those 50 are classics like Robin Roberts, Mike Schmidt, and Larry Bowa; recent Phillies greats like Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard, and Jimmy
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Phillies to wear all red jerseys for first time since 1979
The Philadelphia Phillies have joined the fray in Major League Baseball’s embrace of colorful jerseys. They’ll wear lightweight, red, Flex Base jerseys in six “Business Person Special” afternoon day games on April 14, May 18, June 8, June 20, July 6, and August 4. For the first time since 1979, the
Gonna Fly Now: The Story Behind the Philadelphia Flyers Brand
Designed by a Philadelphia ad man in the mid-1960s, the Philadelphia Flyers’ primary logo has not been altered in its nearly 50 years of existence. Before the Flyers’ first season in 1967-68, the team adopted a name suggested by an owner’s sister, borrowed colors from a university in Texas, and