This Day in Philly Sports History - April 10, 2025

It's a Thursday edition of the podcast. The Phillies took game 2 of their series with the Braves. It was pretty but was business like. The Flyers beat the Rangers 8-5, Tyson Forrester with a hat trick. The Sixers failed to clinch the #5 spot in the lottery, beating the Wizards last night. Today's Question of the Day is "What is the biggest liability right now for the Phillies. Bohm, Marsh, or the Bullpen?"Today's Philly Athletes with Missing Rings Spotlight is on Richie Ashburn.On this day in 1971 the Phillies beat the Expos 4-1 in front of a PA baseball record crowd of 55, 352 fans in the first ever game at the Vet. Larry Bowa got the first hit and Don Money hit the first homer.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.For more information about Lenny or Walter go to https://www.playingwiththebest.comLeave your text or voicemail thoughts and opinions on the Back to the Phuture Voice/Text Line @ 267-495-8531Check 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-KIgCheck out the Philly Sports History Portal for access to the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame New Digital Archive https://sites.google.com/phillyhall.org/phillysportshistory