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First Interracial Baseball Game in 1869 Helped Level the Playing Field
History

First Interracial Baseball Game in 1869 Helped Level the Playing Field

Murray Dubin takes us to Athletic Square where the Philadelphia Pythians and the Olympic Ball Club cracked baseball’s rigid color line

Catching Up With a Baseball Legend in Port Richmond
History

Catching Up With a Baseball Legend in Port Richmond

The 2020 Major League Baseball season cautiously begins today with no fans in the stands and just 60 games. Kimberly Haas introduces us to a little-known local celebrity of the sport: The Neatsfoot Oil Refineries Corporation

Dubble Bubble & Baseball Cards: Philadelphia’s Fleer Legacy
History

Dubble Bubble & Baseball Cards: Philadelphia’s Fleer Legacy

Pitchers and catchers have reported for spring training, a welcome harbinger of warmer days and a sober reminder of the Phillies’ rebuilding. Brad Maule gets into the baseball spirit and profiles Fleer, the bubble gum and baseball card company that called Philly home until 1996

The New Life Of The Old Family Court (And Its Murals)
Art & Design

The New Life Of The Old Family Court (And Its Murals)

When the Family Court relocates to its new building on LOVE Park later this year, it will vacate the French-inspired structure on Logan Square it’s called home for over 70 years. Max Ufberg digs in to see what will become of the New Deal-era murals, as well as a looming sculpture of a prominent judge, when the building is reborn as a luxury hotel

Widdy Dialect: The “Hoagie” Of Darts
Preservation

Widdy Dialect: The “Hoagie” Of Darts

Under the rumbling El and amidst the hustle and bustle at Kensington and Somerset, a distinctly Philadelphian brand of darts is made the same way it has been for over 100 years—by hand. Brad Maule throws a round with Widdy Darts

Throwbacks In The Sanctuary
History

Throwbacks In The Sanctuary

Mitchell & Ness president Peter Capolino has built his life around the history and evolution of sports uniforms. This evening, the Fleisher Art Memorial hosts Capolino for a talk on the art and design of baseball uniforms

On Ten Years At Citizens Bank Park
Architecture

On Ten Years At Citizens Bank Park

As the most successful era of Phillies baseball appears to be winding down, Brad Maule looks back at the first ten years of the place they call home

Bringing Baseball Back To North Philly
Preservation

Bringing Baseball Back To North Philly

South Kensington Community Partners unanimously supports a young entrepreneur’s plan for batting cages inside the former farmer’s market and movie house at Sixth and Girard, reports Rachel Hildebrandt


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