This past May (2013) I graduated from high school. Since 2009, I've loved the Phillies. I put together the two and ended up in Pennsylvania in June to celebrate. In this 3 part tour of Pennsylvania baseball, I'll take you to Citizens Bank Park, home of the Philadelphia Phillies, Campbell's Field, home of the Independent League Camden Riversharks, ClipperMagazine Stadium, home of the Independent League Lancaster Barnstormers, and First EnergyStadium, home of the Reading Fightin Phils, AA affiliate of the Phillies.
First up, we go to Philadelphia, home of many historic landmarks, documents, and of course, the Phillies. First some landmarks, then I'll dive into Phillies baseball, starting with images from the stadium tour.
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| Me in front of the Swann Memorial Fountain |
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| Swann Memorial Fountain |
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| Me in front of the Rocky statue |
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The Liberty Bell
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Now onto Citizens Bank Park! For the tour, it was pouring rain...
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| Mike Schmidt Statue |
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| CBP |
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| Panoramic from the 2008 World Series |
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| Phanatic My favorite MLB mascot |
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| CBP from one of the suites |
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| Mosaic art depiction of CBP |
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| Cast of Roy Halladay's hand after his perfect game |
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| 2009 NLCS Game 4 Lineup card |
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| For the Dodgers fans, like myself, Tommy Lasorda |
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| Wall of baseballs |
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| A look out to dead center from the video booth |
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| The CBP Liberty Bell |
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| CBP video board |
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| the dimensions of left field |
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| Championship flags |
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| mural of players past and present |
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| Me in the interview room |
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| Statue of Steve Carlton |
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| Statue of Robin Roberts |
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| Veterans Stadium remembrance statue |
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| Chase Utley puppet, plush Phanatic, Phillies license plate, Phillies tattoos |
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| Phillies t-shirt |
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| Autographed Chase Utley photo |
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| Replica of Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium |
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| On deck circle for the away team |
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| View of the field from the 3rd base dugout (visiting team) |
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| View of CBP from behind home plate |
Let the game begin! Washington Nationals vs Philadelphia Phillies
Nationals 2 Phillies 4 F/9
W: Cliff Lee L: Ross Detwiler Sv: Jonathan Papelbon
Some of the pictures are out of order. Sorry
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| Tarp on the field due to rain |
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| After an hour or so rain delay, the tarp comes off |
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| 2B, Kevin Frandsen warming up |
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| Kevin Frandsen |
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| Grounds crew rolling up the tarp |
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| Phanatic in rain gear awaiting the first pitch |
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| Ryan Howard and Dominic Brown during the National Anthem |
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| Cliff Lee and Carlos Ruiz |
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| Cliff Lee and Michael Young |
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| Cliff Lee and Michael Young |
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| Sunset as the clouds cleared |
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| Jayson Werth |
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| Dominic Brown (Batter) and Kurt Suzuki (Catcher) |
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| Nighttime at CBP |
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| Phanatic |
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| Phanatic |
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| Posted scoring decision Very useful for someone keeping score, like I was |
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| 1B Ryan Howard |
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| Cliff Lee |
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| Jonathan Papelbon |
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| The Liberty Bell ringing and changing color after the win |
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| My mom and I |
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| Bathroom sign. Very unique |
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| MLB Network during the rain delay |
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| My first rain delay, but happy to be there |
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| Warm-up |
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Phillies win!
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After taking the ballpark tour in shorts while it was pouring rain, I was ready for anything. My first time to Philadelphia and my first rain delay. This trip contained a lot of firsts. It was, however, the 5th time I had seen the Phillies play. Anyway, here's some more stuff from Philly.
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| Watched UCLA play in the CWS my last night in Philly while a thunderstorm raged on |
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| Party in the hotel rom as the UCLA baseball team was crowned the 2013 National Champions |
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| View of CBP from the freeway as we headed back to the airport |
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| View of Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles (NFL), from the freeway |
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| Ran into a friend and Dodger, Nick Buss while traveling |
Now you've seen my view of Philadelphia and the Phillies. In the next post, I'll be writing about the Camden Riversharks, the Lancaster Barnstormers, and some misc. baseball objects I saw in Hershey, PA. Stay tuned!
