This Day in Philly Sports History - April 9, 2025

Happy Humpday! The Phillies dropped the first game of their series in Atlanta. Sloppy play doomed the Phils. The Sixers have all but locked up the 5th position in the NBA Draft Lottery leaving it up to chance now to see if they'll keep their 1st rounder this year. We also discuss a way to make the lottery more exciting.Today's Question of the Day is "Who is the best player to not win a title in Philly? B-Dawk or Charles Barkley?"Today's Philly Athletes with Missing Rings Spotlight is on Charles Barkley.On this day in 1993 the Phillies set a home opener attendance record at the Vet. The record crowd saw the Phillies lose to the Cubs 11-7. Darren Daulton (2), John Kruk, and Lenny Dykstra all homered.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