This Day in Philly Sports History - April 30, 2025

Happy Humpday! The Phillies won a wild one last night, we break it down. We take a look ahead to May and run our Tankathon simulations for the Flyers and Sixers. We conclude our Eagles draft spotlight with the best 1st rounders in team history.Today's Question of the Day is "Are we overreacting about the Phillies right now?"We look at the best Eagles 1st Round draft picks including 4 players who's numbers are retired by the team.Wild day in Phillies history. In 1887 the Baker Bowl opened. In 1961 they beat the Cardinals 11-7 using 5 pinch hitters in the 8th to erase a 6-0 deficit. In 2021 they beat the Mets 2-1, both runs coming on a strikeout.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