NBC Sports Gold will begin offering Philly Pass, a new streaming package aimed at fans of the Eagles, Phillies, and Sixers that reside outside the NBC Sports Philadelphia distribution territory....
Sam Fuld retired from the outfield last fall, leaving behind an eight-year playing career in the big leagues and joining the Phillies in a newly created role: major league player information coordinator. Fuld is as well educated as any ballplayer. He has an economics degree from Stanford, interned at Stats, Inc., while in the minors, […]
The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies are bitter rivals on the field, but both organizations are on the same page in creating modern, innovative experiences for their fans — including recent augmented reality programs. The Mets on Sept. 25 handed out Coca-Cola-branded cards as a promotional item to fans attending the game. Using the […]
As a professional baseball player, you don’t become Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and a World Series champion without dedication and tenacity. Those traits, along a handful of others, have helped Ryan Howard build a Hall of Fame-worthy resumé. As he looks to continue his baseball career after the Atlanta Braves released him from his minor league contract […]
By Simon Ogus – Email | Twitter | Articles The 2012 Major League Baseball season kicked off Wednesday night at new Marlins stadium and it got us thinking about who the best teams are at engaging fans through Twitter. It turns out the Philadelphia Phillies blow away everyone with 679,519 followers while posting just over 4,000 tweets, by far the largest “follower to tweet” ratio in all of MLB. The New York Yankees pace the American league with 554,000 followers, but have a very low tweet count of just fewer than 5,000, which is much less than many other teams. The Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals respectively have the league’s lowest and second-lowest amounts of Twitter followers; the only teams to...
