This Day in Philly Sports History - April 4, 2025

It's a Feel Good Friday and we have a huge show. We spend Fridays with AI. Today we took a deep dive into what John Chaney would think about the current state of college hoops. We also continue our discussion of Walter French with Lenny Wagner and gear up for the Phillies/Dodgers series.Today's Question of the Day is "How many games this week do you need the Phillies to win?"In our discussion with Lenny Wagner, we take a turn and start looking at Walter French's pro football career.On this day in 2003 the Phillies lost to the Pirates 9-1 in the final home opener at The Vet. The teams wore 1971 throwbacks, Jim Bunning threw out the first pitch and the team honored the 1971 team.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