This Day in Philly Sports History - April 18, 2025

It's a Feel Good Friday! The Phillies bounced back nicely with a 6-4 over the Giants to earn a split. Maybe we were too hard on them? The Flyers finished their season with a loss in Buffalo but Michkov scored 2 goals. We do a Tankathon simulation for the Sixers and the Flyers. It's Friday's with AI and we take a deep dive into what would've happened if Randall Cunningham didn't tear his knee in 1991.Today's Question of the Day is "Who is the most clutch HR hitter in Phillies history?"Today's Philly Athletes with Missing Rings Spotlight is on Randall Cunningham.On this day in 1987 the Phillies beat the Pirates 8-6 when Mike Schmidt hit a 9th inning 3 run homer to give the Phillies the lead. It was career homer #500 for Mike who ended his career with 548.The 2025 Induction Class for the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame is set.  Here’s who got in https://www.philadelphiasportshalloffame.org/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