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Jared Frank
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Writer at The Good Phight and MovieJawn. Hobbyist scorekeeper with terrible handwriting.
Long before Moneyball, Hollywood was making baseball movies. And long before Pete Rose, gambling had wormed its way into the sport. I took a look at Elmer the Great, a 1933 baseball and gambling flick, for @moviejawn.com www.moviejawn.com/home/2025/7/...
Pre-Code Decode: ELMER THE GREAT shows how much and little baseball has changed — Moviejawn
by by Jared Frank, Staff Writer Baseball fans at the time would’ve recognized aspects of this plot from reality: fourteen years earlier, members of the Chicago White Sox intentionally sandbagged the ...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today’s Phillies game is starting 10 minutes late, so why not use them to read about Wheeler’s new tweaks to his arsenal?

Long story short: the Phillies ace has found a few ways to get even better… but one of his best pitches has gone backwards.

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Wheeler’s Pitches are Upper Crust
Except for one that’s seemingly gone stale.
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June 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Maybe you call Phillies-Pirates a rivalry. Maybe you don’t. Either way, there’s some fun history between the two, which I looked at for TGP:
May 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We’re recapping the season of a decade ago at The Good Phight. I hadn’t yet joined the ranks of the Phaithful then, so this was my first look at that season…
Watching with the Modern Day Hornsbys: the Phillies in April 2015

Next up in our 10th anniversary of the 2015 Phillies series, @jaredfrank.bsky.social takes you back to the first month of that fateful season

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Watching With the Modern Day Hornsbys: the Phillies in April 2015
It wasn’t the cruelest month, but it wasn’t great either
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April 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I’m not going to force a musical reference into ALL of my recap titles this season… but so far I’m 2 for 2.
April 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I’ve wanted to use this recap title since the news of the Luzardo trade broke, so I’m delighted that I got to do it today.

I also indulged myself with a half-dozen other Genesis references in there, if you wanna do a scavenger hunt…
March 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I am an avowed enthusiast of the Baseball Zen segments on MLB.TV, but I do have to question whether a clip of bees swarming around a dugout really qualifies as zen.
March 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A pitcher coming off of a 0-win campaign getting the season’s first start! A guy with a jetpack! The science of “slugology”! I took a look at some of the stranger headlines from Phillies Opening Days past.
March 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If you’ve ever wanted to read a poem about the Rhys Hoskins bat slam game, I wrote one, and it’s in here! Unlike Casey at the Bat, it has a happy ending for the good guys.
EARLY INNINGS is out today! We are so excited to share it with you, it's everything we love about baseball. You can order here: thetwinbill.com/product/earl...
March 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s a beautiful Saturday morning. You could spend it reading up about the latest news from Spring Training. Or you could spend it reading spring headlines from several decades ago. I gathered some of the better ones over @thegoodphight.bsky.social

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Phillies Spring Training Headlines Through The Ages
The news of yesterday, today!
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March 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Pitchers and catchers have reported, so there’s plenty of actual baseball to talk about.

That being said, my latest for @thegoodphight.bsky.social is about Pokémon. www.thegoodphight.com/2025/2/14/24...
Pokémon comes to Citizens Bank Park
Gotta Catch ‘em All is pretty good advice for baseball players, too
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February 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There’s a few dozen Phillies in Cooperstown, but only one named to Japan’s Baseball Hall of Fame. Had to pay my respects to Lefty while visiting.
November 29, 2024 at 11:38 PM
That’s right! Come one, come all, for the most Thanksgiving fun you can have without anyone asking you to pass the mashed potatoes.
The pinnacle of modern sports journalism, the one and only Smarty Jones, has collaborated with @jaredfrank.bsky.social to bring you the most exciting part of the holiday season - the annual Thanksgiving Post o'Fun, found exclusively in the greatest sports blog ever - @thegoodphight.bsky.social
Smarty and Jared’s Thanksgiving Post o’ Fun - Part One
Jared and the Horse discuss Thanksgiving with a modicum of Phillies-related content
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November 28, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Over at @thegoodphight.bsky.social I asked the big questions about J.T. Realmuto. How should we think about his batting in 2024? How do we evaluate his defense? Why can’t I ever remember if it’s “J.T.” or “JT”? www.thegoodphight.com/2024/11/20/2...
BJTIB: Realmuto in Review
There are other J.T.s, but this one is ours
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November 20, 2024 at 3:10 PM
New week, old scorecard! This slightly trippy 1952 scorecard comes from the St. Louis Browns and features a grinning mascot soon to be known as Brownie.

Sadly, Brownie had little to smile about: the Browns decamped for Baltimore just a few years later.
November 18, 2024 at 2:19 PM
For Veterans Day, a pair of appropriate scorecards. Cubs from 1943 and Phillies from 1944, (in their short-lived Blue Jays era), complete with poem about enlisted players.
November 11, 2024 at 6:13 PM