This Day in Philly Sports History - May 12, 2025

It's NBA Lottery Day. Will the Sixers keep their pick and where will it be? We run our final Tankathon simulation today. The Phillies closed out a very successful road trip winning 5 of 6 including a 3-0 win last night. Kyle Schwarber went deep twice. Sepp Straka won the Truist Championship in what was a successful week of golf at the Cricket Club.Today's Question of the Day is "Which pick do you think the Sixers will get?"Today's Philly Sports Summertime Playlist song of the day is Ain't No Stopping Us Now by McFadden and Whitehead.On this day in 2009 Jayson Werth tied a Phillies record with 4 stolen bases including 3 in the same inning. The Phillies beat the Dodgers 5-3. Then in 2019 the Sixers lost game 7 to the Raptors when Kahwi's buzzer beater went in.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