This Day in Philly Sports History - April 1, 2025

It's a Tuesday so that means it's time for some motivation/positivity. It's do or die for the Tush Push today as the league votes whether to ban it or not. The Phillies struggles against starting pitching continue but they came out on top 6-1. The Flyers dead cat bounce continues as they beat the Predators 2-1, Michkov had 2 assists.Today's Question of the Day is "Are you concerned with the Phillies struggles against starting pitchers?"This week we sit down with Lenny Wagner to discuss Walter French. Today we talk about how Lenny got on to Connie Mack's radar.On this day in 1985 Villanova pulled off perhaps the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history, beating Georgetown 66-64 to win the National Championship. Meet Lenny Wagner, the author of “Playing with the Best: One Man’s Journey through the Golden Age of Sports.  The book chronicles the amazing life of Walter French who won both an World Series and NFL Championship.April 8 at Mount Laurel Historical Society @7pm For more information about Lenny or Walter go to https://www.playingwiththebest.com Leave your text or voicemail thoughts and opinions on the Back to the Phuture Voice/Text Line @ 267-495-8531 Check out Phillygoat.com for all of your Philly apparel needs. Use the promo code JIMMONTGOMERY for 10% off of your order  The Clashing Conferences Podcast brings together the everyday passion of REAL fans and their not so friendly friends for the purpose of real life sports entertainment.  Available wherever you get your pods and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGLVSg7IjPpQ93iTUPb-KIg Checkout the Philly Sports History Portal for access to the Philadelphia Sports Hallof Fame New Digital Archive https://sites.google.com/phillyhall.org/phillysportshistory