The Good Phight

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The Phillies’ bats stayed sleeping on Sunday. There are many platitudes that can be deployed in the event of a baseball team’s extended swoon. You have heard most, if not all, of them before; they can offer neither solace nor novelty. Therefore, let us move on to detailing the events of today’s showdown between Paul Skenes and Cristopher … [Read more...] about Swept Away in the Steel City: Pirates 2, Phillies 1

Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Except for one that’s seemingly gone stale. Zack Wheeler isn’t just one of baseball’s best pitchers, but one of its craftiest. He’s always experimenting, tinkering, tweaking a detail here or there. So much of pitching is about about keeping batters from getting comfortable, and Wheeler always seems to have an airhorn ready to blow next to his … [Read more...] about Wheeler’s Pitches are Upper Crust

The Phillies hope Cristopher Sanchez can help them end their losing streak | Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images The Phillies will try to salvage a win against Paul Skenes The Phillies are not going well, having lost eight of nine games. They’ll try to end that skid and avoid a sweep in Pittsburgh on Sunday behind Cristopher Sanchez. The left hander won in his last outing, … [Read more...] about Gamethread 6/8: Phillies at Pirates

Think you can figure out what Phillies player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out. Hello Phillies fans! We’d like to introduce you to our brand new The Good Phight In-5 daily trivia game. The objective is to guess the correct active OR retired Phillies player in as few guesses as possible. Full game instructions are at the bottom. Feel free to share … [Read more...] about Can you guess this Phillies catcher in today’s in-5 trivia game?

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Got some work to do today Listen, it’s not going to be easy today. Paul Skenes will be on the mound and the Phillies cannot rely on their pitcher, Cristopher Sanchez, to throw a shutout like what happened the last time Skenes opposed them. They’re going to have to score runs, a tall task right now, but a task nonetheless. On to the … [Read more...] about Rise and Phight: 6/8/2025