Good morning. Â I am off partaking in Actual Athletic Activity and you have hours and hours to kill until gametime (gee thanks ESPN) so I thought I’d use some more of my Phillies pictures and we could take a look at how the Phillies handled “team history.”
One thing that caught my eye was the inclusion of the Philadelphia Athletics (kids, yes those Athletics and they were very good and had an all-time player named Jimmie Foxx you’ve never heard of) and the Negro League teams. Â Very cool.
That thing in the first row is something called a statue. Â Sometimes they are found in front of stadiums.
Near the bottom you’ll see Phillies Hall of Famer Juan Samuel. Â I’m rolling my eyes. Â If you don’t know why go google “dykstra samuel”
I have to say I was very impressed with CBP in Philly when I saw it last year. In some ways (historical elements, banner hangings, even natural light on the concourses), it’s what Citi Field could have been. In other ways, structure, I thought it was Citi Field with Phillies red brick.
Oddly, a few days ago I was thinking that a great location for the “New York City Baseball Museum” would be next to Citi Field.