The Good Phight

Aaron Nola and the Phillies go for the sweep on Sunday | Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Trying to complete the season opening sweep After winning the first two games of their season opening series against the Washington Nationals, the Phillies will go for the sweep on Sunday behind Aaron Nola. Nola dominated the Nats in 2024, going 3-0 with a 1.85 ERA in four … [Read more...] about Gamethread 3/30: Phillies at Nationals

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 third baseman in today’s in-5 trivia game?

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images Sweeps? This early in the season? You know, I wonder when the last time the Phillies swept their first series of a season the road was. Winning Opening Day on the road has been an issue of late for the team, so that win they got Thursday was nice, but now they’re doing a bit better by having the chance at a sweep today. On to the … [Read more...] about Rise and Phight: 3/30/2025

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images It all depends In the game recap for the initial game of the season, I wrote about Jordan Romano and the first impression he made for the fanbase. Not everyone studies his every move and the casual fan will simply ask who that new guy is on the mound for the Phillies. Watching him pitch might have soured that casual fan on Romano’s abilities, … [Read more...] about How much stock do you put into first impressions?

Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images The Genesis of a new Phillies pitcher and a great day for the bats Each team in today’s showdown had a debut. The Nationals wore their new “Blueprint” City Connect uniforms for the first time. The Phillies had their new pitcher, Jesús Luzardo, making his first start with the club. Even if you love the new uniforms, you’d have to admit that … [Read more...] about Jesús He Knows Me: Phillies 11, Nationals 6