This Day in Philly Sports History - May 18, 2025

It's easy like Sunday morning. The Phillies look to sweep the Pirates in Mick Abel's MLB debut today after winning 5-2 yesterday. Saquon Barkley is on the cover of Madden 26, is a curse about hit the Eagles? The Union have now gone 6 straight without a loss beating Atlanta 1-0 last night.Today's Question of the Day is "What are your expectations for Mick Abel today?"Today's Philly Sports Summertime Playlist song of the day is Blow the Whistle by Too Short.On this day in 1983 the Sixers closed out the Bucks to return to the NBA Finals. It was the Fi in the Fo, Fi, Fo. The Flyers beat the Sabres 2-1 in game 2 of the Stanley Cup and Bobby Abreu tied a Phillies record with his 10th straight game with an RBIThe Discord Channel is now live.  Stop by and say hello.  https://discord.gg/8vJUv62ZRWLeave 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 Lotwyn 3D-Printed Hype Chains.  Bring the hype to every moment that matters.  Got to Lotwyn.com explore theshop or reach out if you want something custom made.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-KIgThe 2025 Induction Class for the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame is set.  Here’s who got in https://www.philadelphiasportshalloffame.org/Check 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