Staff Blog
Notes From the Batting Cage (and to a lesser extent the world)
This morning City Paper EIC Brian Howard, myself, and a contingent of media types headed down to Citizen’s Bank Park to take a few cuts in the Phillies’ batting cages and drum up support for the 12th Annual Richie Ashburn Home Runs for Heart, an event that holds special meaning this year after the passing of Harry the K to heart related issues.
The event, scheduled to be held at Citizens Bank Park on May 20 and 21 with all benefits going to the American Heart Association, pays tribute to Phillies’ Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn, who died of a heart attack in 1997 and gives fans a chance to swing for the fences at CBP.
We, like most of the group, mixed in some decent cuts with some, well, not so decent cuts, but that story (and accompanying pictures) are for another day. Today I just wanted to tell a quick tale of shock.
Now, in the interest of full disclosure I should probably admit that, at times, I’ve taken the occasional shot at womens sports. Â I’m a pretty firm believer that any competent high school off guard could be a WNBA all star and I find the fact that one of my friends works for a women’s soccer team hilarious. I literally just took a break from writing this to mock her. So, with that in mind please take this following point with appropriate seriousness: the Phillies’ ball girls can absolutely rake. Irena and Kelli, the two ball girls working the event, both took a couple swings with the rest of the media, and both absolutely showed the boys club up. The girls peppered the cage (alas, we were forced inside due to concerns about the weather) with frozen ropes right up the middle. While the best of us were content with a couple hard drives the other way, these girls were like mini Placido Polanco’s out there. For a couple minutes it looked like I was going to have to directly follow one of them and I seriously considered pulling up lame with a fake injured hammy rather than face the embarrassment of getting obviously out hit by a girl.
Anyway, the full story of that event is forthcoming, so keep hitting refresh time and time and time again until we eventually decide to actually write it and toss it up.
** For more information about getting involved and joining the program, helping to raise money for the disease that is the No. 1 killer in Pennsylvania, contact Deborah Dixon at the American Heart Association. She can be reached at deb.dixon@heart.org or at 610-234-2415. Individuals and teams are both encouraged.
Now, four stories I find interesting …
- WGBGM’s sticks by their man. Good on them
- Malcolm Gladwell is back at it, this time figuring out how the 76ers could have held on against the Magic.
- Ray Allen remembers why he became a jump shooter
Enjoy your Cinco de Mayo people, and if you’re Dave Vreeland, enjoy your birthday.
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