Kyle Schwarber Added to the 2022 Home Run Derby

By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Editor The National League’s home run leader is in! Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber will participate in the 2022 MLB T-Mobile Home Run Derby. Schwarber has 28 homers on the season and was selected to his second consecutive MLB All-Star Game on Sunday.  The premier event of the All-Star […]

Mike Lipinski  •  12 Jul 2022
Kyle Schwarber Named Number One Seed in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby

Embed from Getty Images By Michael Lipinski, Sports Talk Philly Editor Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Kyle Schwarber in number one!  “Schwarbs” has been designated as the number one seed in the 2022 T-Mobile Home Run Derby.  The National League home run leader will battle the eighth seeded, St. Louis Cardinals’ legend Albert Pujols in the first […]

Mike Lipinski  •  15 Jul 2022
Hoskins advances to second round, falls to Schwarber in Home Run Derby

He totaled 37 home runs with a max distance of 466 ft.

Paul Bowman  •  16 Jul 2018
MLB announces plans for more alternate uniforms for special events

Embed from Getty Images   The Phillies unveiled a second alternate uniform this season, a red base with blue trim on their letters, numbers, and the team logo across the chest.  Besides the new jersey their home pinstripes, road gray jersey, and cream-colored alternate home day jerseys, the Phillies will appear in other uniforms in […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  13 Apr 2016
Nepotism: David Wright Takes His Childhood Friend Over More Deserving Candidates

The best policy in life is to pick your friends and family instead of those who are more deserving.  I'm sure that all of us have not gotten a job we were better qualifed for so that someone could hire their relative.  Heck, "The Office" made an entire episode about how ridiculous that is.   But […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  08 Jul 2013
Domonic Brown Is Better Off Not in Derby, But Damn Were The Phillies Screwed

This is good news/bad news.   Generally, I am not a fan of what the home run derby can do to someone's swing, as we witnessed in Bobby Abreu's Home Run Derby championship.   Abreu won the 2005 derby hitting an unprecedented 24 home runs in the first round.    Abreu had 18 home runs […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  08 Jul 2013
Kansas City Royals Fans Boo Robinson Cano, Yankees Fans Furious; Forget Chase Utley Boos

Your browser does not support iframes.  Kansas City Royals fans provided the highlight of what was otherwise a dull Home Run Derby.   Bitter that Kansas City's hometown hero Billy Butler was left off of the Home Run Derby as captain Robinson Cano picked other players despite Cano stating that he would take a hometown […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  10 Jul 2012