Just a quick reminder – at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 13 – you'll be able to buy tickets to individual games for the first time. Of course, previously you could buy full-season plans, partial season plans, and six-game plans. But now you can pick and choose.
Some of the top giveaways in 2013:
- April 6: Jimmy Rollins Gold Glove Replica for children 14 and under
- April 7: IBEW Ryan Howard wiffle ball replica set
- April 8: McDonalds Opening Night t-shirt (now "opening week" since they don't want to give you a shirt on a Saturday night)
- April 18: xpedx Schedule magnet
- April 21: Time Traveling Phanatic DVD for ages 14 and under
- April 24: MLB Network Sling Bag
- May 5: Chase Utley Tote Bag for women 15 and older
- May 14: Phillies black snap back hat
- May 19: Phillies floppy hat
- May 29: Phillies W.B. Mason collectible truck
- May 31: Phanatic Children's Book
- June 2: Phillies t-shirt for men 15 and older
- June 4: Carlos Ruiz bobble figurine
- June 23: IBEW Local 98 Cliff Lee t-shirt for children 14 and under
- July 14: Pennsylvania Auto Theft Prevention Authority travel mug for men 15 and older
- August 2: Wall of Fame Print (Who? – To be determined)
- Auguest 8: Pride of the Phillies print
- August 21: Cole Hamels bobble figurine
- August 23: John Kruk action figurine (for children 14 and younger who have never heard of John Kruk)
- September 6: Cabrini College Knit Hat (a personal favorite -even beyond the fact I have worked for Cabrini College since 2005)
- September 8: New Jersey Education Association growth chart for children 14 and under
- September 22: Fan Appreciation day (on a Sunday once again!)
The new schedule features some new interleague alignments, thanks to an (even more) unbalanced schedule. Some interleague highlights:
- April 5, 6, 7: Opening Series vs. the Kansas City Royals. I suppose we can play this up as a rematch between the Phillies and Royals of 2008.
- Home and Home series with the Cleveland Indians. Our end is May 14-15, but you can catch the Phillies in Cleveland (it's a nice trip – I did it in 2007) on April 30 and May 1.
- Home and Home series with the Boston Red Sox. The Phillies are up in Boston on May 27 and May 28, but then the Red Sox and Phils travel right back to Philly for two on May 29 and 30.
Click here to head over to Phillies.com to buy tickets directly.
There is plenty to enjoy this season…but good baseball trumps any giveaway. Go Phils!
