And you can contribute directly to the Red Cross’s Disaster Relief Fund by donating here.

Reading Fightin Phils infielder and Oklahoma native Tyler Henson and his wife Ashley will be hosting a fundraising drive on May 31 to raise money and goods for a pair of families in Moore, Oklahoma. Featuring donated items from Fightins players, the Hensons will be raffling off selected items at the May 31^st game in VIST Bank Plaza.

During the game, Ashley and Fightins staff will be manning a table in VIST Bank Plaza where autographed items including cleats, gloves, bats, and apparel will available. There will also be team autographed bats and balls up for auction.

“My wife came to me with the whole idea,” said Henson before Wednesday evening’s game.  “We’re going to try to raise as much money for these two families that we both know and see what we can do to give back to them whether it be gift cards, clothes, or anything that we can do to help them get back on their feet. If you ever lost anything, you know what it’s like to try to get it back. These people have lost homes, cars, and family pictures that they’ll never see again. All of that stuff is gone.”

Proceeds from the raffle will directly benefit the pair of families that the Hensons are close with.

In addition to donating items, Reading Fightin Phils players Jesse Biddle (@JesseBiddle_54), Cameron Rupp (@CameronRupp), Jim Murphy (@JimPMurphy), David Buchanan (@davidb413), Jay Johnson (@jayjohnr), and Seth Rosin (@SethDanielRosin) will be donating 10 cents per each RT they receive between May 22 and May 25 on their respective Twitter accounts.

“It shows character,” said Henson of his teammates support for Moore, Oklahoma. “Especially Cameron (Rupp) and (Jim) Murphy—these guys stepped up right away when I brought this to the team yesterday (Tuesday). It’s huge because not everyone is going to experience a tornado, not everyone is going to experience a hurricane, and not everyone is going to experience losing stuff. It shows a lot of character of what we got on this team“

A native of Tuttle, Oklahoma (about 20 minutes from Moore), Henson is no stranger to the devastation caused by of the path of a tornado.

“I experienced the tornado on May 3, 1999,” said Henson about growing up in Oklahoma. “From what my family tells me, it’s worse than that. The city hasn’t been the same since and now, it happening again. It happened in 2003 and right now. It’s devastating.”

Fightin Phils fans are encouraged to help the Hensons and the rest of the Fightins team in their efforts to raise proceeds for the victims of Moore.

To thank fans who support this worthy cause, Phillies Nation will be sponsoring the event through an ad in the event program. The ad will offer a special prize to attendees who visit the secret URL displayed. It’s just a small token of thanks to those Phillies fans who like to get involved with helping others.

Read more about the Phillies Nation Foundation which supports the causes of Phillies fans around the world.

Join us for a charming evening reminiscent of 1920s Harlem that entails live jazz music, culinary delights, delicious cocktails, cigars, and so much more. Harlem Nights will be an unforgettable evening filled with fine dining and festive entertainment to raise funds and awareness for the Jimmy Rollins Family Foundation. Plus, there will be a special performance by two celebrity dancers from ABC’s hit show, Dancing with the Stars. Exciting live and silent auction items will be available for bidding.

The event will be celebrity driven, as Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies will invite his friends from MLB, the NFL, NBA and NHL along with musicians, actors and television personalities to attend. These celebrities will join our guests as well as key sponsors in the VIP area that features cigars and wine tastings.

The proceeds raised will benefit the Jimmy Rollins Family Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that aims to support young adults living with chronic health issues, as well as to support families who are struggling financially with extracurricular activities for their children.

Individual tickets are available for $300 each here.

Sponsorships range from $25,000.00 – $5,000.00. For more information, please contact Kiley Chase at MVP Sports Group: 310-525-3755 or kileyc@mvpsportsgroup.com.

Here are some photos from a previous tour:

The 2013 baseball season is upon us and now is the time to make plans to follow your Phillies on the road with us. For the third straight year, we are partnering with our friends at Phils Fever to bring you some amazing trips in great locations around the country.

Memorial Day at Fenway Park, Boston
Saturday, May 25 to Tuesday, May 28

For the opening leg of a very strange baseball “home and home,” we find ourselves heading to Boston for a two day series on Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th of this year. The Boston Park Plaza is once again playing host to us and has given us the ability to do 2 or 3 night trips over any days you would like to travel. Thus, we are not going to include any transportation costs in this trip. You will tailgate and party at the Cask ‘n Flagon, a staple watering hole on Brookline Ave. and a mere 50 feet to the corner right field entrance into Fenway. Our tickets for the Monday, Memorial Day game will be in the outfield bleachers. If you’ve never seen baseball at the historic Fenway Park, now is the time.

Read more about the 2 and 3 night packages starting at just $265, not including transportation to Boston >>

Bus trip to Citi Field, New York City
Saturday, July 20

Our New York trip features charter bus service to and from Citi Field with tickets in the outfield bleachers for the 1:10 pm Phillies-Mets game on July 20. As you know, the area around the ballpark is not very conducive to tailgating, so we’re partying at McFadden’s in Citi Field with all the carved top round, roast pork, buffalo wings, pasta salad, cole slaw, green salad, soft pretzels, soda and domestic beers you can handle. If you haven’t been up to the new field yet, now is the time to see the Phils stomp on the Mets.

Tickets for the Citi Field bus trip are $145, get them here >>

Chicago: Phillies at Wrigley and Temple Football at Notre Dame
Friday, August 30 to Monday, September 2

It doesn’t get much better than this! Under the package we have set up, you will go to TWO sacred grounds this weekend. We start with a great Friday night bar crawl on State and Division Streets with our good friends at McFadden’s, Finn McCool’s, and end at Shenanigan’s. There will be no cover and great drink specials for all!

Upon waking Saturday morning, you will take a charter bus to South Bend, Indiana, where you will watch the Temple Owls take on BCS runner-up, Notre Dame Fighting Irish! This is the first time these two schools have ever met on the gridiron. We will have a full tailgate there and you will enjoy that which many people have never seen, a Philadelphia football team playing in South Bend!

Sunday we will head to Wrigleyville for a private bar at Murphy’s Bleachers where your beer and well drinks will be covered for two-hours. With 1 hour to go before the first pitch, we will head to 1032 Loveland for famous rooftop seats (not looking directly into the sun) where all of your food, beer, wine, and tips are included until 30 minutes after the Phillies-Cubs game!

Read about all the fun details of this amazing Philly sports package in Chicago >>

See you on the road!

The fun begins at 6:30pm following the Phillies sure sweep of the Kansas City Royals. City Tap House is located at 3925 Walnut St. in Philadelphia on the lovely Penn campus.

Along with great baseball fun, it’s $4 crafts and drafts, and mixed drinks will include Chase Manhattans, Rob Roy Halladays, and Lime Rickey Bottalicos. Homemade Cracker Jacks and a variety of hot dog specials will be part of the menu.  We’ll also have tix to the City Tap House Beer B-Q on the 20th of April to give away.

The Prizes: Winners walk with tickets to either an upcoming Phils or Yankees game (their choice). Teams are up to 4 players. So come on over to the City Tap House on Sunday night, and let’s Play Ball!

Dust off your cleats and start oiling your glove, it’s softball season.  That’s right, this year Phillies Nation will be fielding a local softball team in the Philly Sports and Social Club league.  Depending on how it goes, we may add additional teams, seasons and locations.  For now, here is the softball league we’re participating in and there are some more details below.

What: 10 vs. 10 (6 men, 4 women) coed softball
Where: 8th & Poplar in Northern Liberties (map)
When: Apr 22 – Jun 30
Game Times: 6:15 or 7:15pm
Game Days: All games on Mondays or Wednesdays
Cost: $65/Individual (10 Game Regular Season), not including $2 per game umpire fee

If you want to play, register asap using the links below, spots will go fast and there are only 9 available.

Register as a male player | Register as a female player

The show will air on TCN on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm and it will be replayed on Comcast SportsNet the following Thursday at 11:30 (after Phillies Post Game Live).  Segments will also appear on CSNPhilly.com and PhilliesNation.com.

We are very excited by this opportunity for Phillies Nation to reach over 2.5 million homes in the Philadelphia area.  The first episode will air tonight, March 12 at 6:30 pm on The Comcast Network.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, we will be hosting a premiere party at Chickie’s and Pete’s on the Boulevard beginning at 6pm on Tuesday (map).  The first beer is on us!

Congratulations to the winning team Buzz’s Girlfriend…Wiff who beat Jawn Stars 10-0 in the final that started just after the witching hour. And a hat tip to Jordan from Swamp Ducks who won the speed pitch contest with a big league toss of 82 mph.

A huge thanks goes out to the Phillies Nation team, our sponsors and the staff of Big League Dreams for making this event a reality.

We have a bunch of photos below for your viewing pleasure, but they don’t quite capture the budding rivalry brewing between Team Pat Gallen and Team Corey Seidman. We’ll also be airing some video from the tournament during the premiere of Phillies Nation TV, this Tuesday at 6:30 pm on The Comcast Network. Come watch it with us at our premiere party.

The 2013 baseball season is upon us and now is the time to make plans to follow your Phillies on the road with us. For the third straight year, we are partnering with our friends at Phils Fever to bring you some amazing trips in great locations around the country.

Like every year, the road trip season starts in Clearwater with Spring Training and this year it will conclude with a Phillies in Wrigley / Temple football at Notre Dame super-trip – with plenty of fun in between. You can find information on the six trips that are currently available below. Plans for the Washington, DC trips are still being finalized, so they are not available yet, but will be soon. There are 3 trips coming up quickly in March and April, so email some friends now and start booking your spots before we sell out!

Spring Training trip to Clearwater, FL
Friday, March 15 to Monday, March 18

This is easily the most fun you’ll have on a road trip. In a single weekend you have – Phillies Spring Training, St. Patrick’s Day, March Madness, and Spring Break! All this within the famously sunny surroundings of Clearwater, Florida. If you are a serious Phillies fan, you need to at least consider coming on this relaxing annual trip.

Read more about the variety of packages starting at just $370, not including transportation to Clearwater >>

Haven’t seen the newest stadium in the NL East yet? Want to enjoy the warm, beautiful setting of Miami while it’s still chilly up North? Then come with us to South Beach. For the Saturday night game, we’ll be sitting in the Clevelander Bar seats in left field, one of the coolest views in baseball. We’ll also be staying at the world famous Clevelander Hotel in South Beach in order to enjoy all the gorgeous scenery the city has to offer.

Find out the details for the trip, which starts at $465 per person, not including transportation to Miami >>

This trip features charter bus service to and from Citi Field with tickets in the outfield bleachers for the 7:10 pm game on April 27. As you know, the area around the ballpark is not very conducive to tailgating, so we’re partying at McFadden’s in Citi Field with all the carved top round, roast pork, buffalo wings, pasta salad, cole slaw, green salad, soft pretzels, soda and domestic beers you can handle.

Tickets for the Citi Field bus trip are $145, get them here >>

For the opening leg of a very strange baseball “home and home,” we find ourselves heading to Boston for a two day series on Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th of this year. The Boston Park Plaza is once again playing host to us and has given us the ability to do 2 or 3 night trips over any days you would like to travel. Thus, we are not going to include any transportation costs in this trip. You will tailgate and party at the Cask ‘n Flagon, a staple watering hole on Brookline Ave. and a mere 50 feet to the corner right field entrance into Fenway. Our tickets for the Monday, Memorial Day game will be in the outfield bleachers. If you’ve never seen baseball at the historic Fenway Park, now is the time.

Read more about the 2 and 3 night packages starting at just $265, not including transportation to Boston >>

Our second New York trip features charter bus service to and from Citi Field with tickets in the outfield bleachers for the 1:10 pm Phillies-Mets game on July 20. As you know, the area around the ballpark is not very conducive to tailgating, so we’re partying at McFadden’s in Citi Field with all the carved top round, roast pork, buffalo wings, pasta salad, cole slaw, green salad, soft pretzels, soda and domestic beers you can handle.

Tickets for the Citi Field bus trip are $145, get them here >>

It doesn’t get much better than this! Under the package we have set up, you will go to TWO sacred grounds this weekend. We start with a great Friday night bar crawl on State and Division Streets with our good friends at McFadden’s, Finn McCool’s, and end at Shenanigan’s. There will be no cover and great drink specials for all!

Upon waking Saturday morning, you will take a charter bus to South Bend, Indiana, where you will watch the Temple Owls take on BCS runner-up, Notre Dame Fighting Irish! This is the first time these two schools have ever met on the gridiron. We will have a full tailgate there and you will enjoy that which many people have never seen, a Philadelphia football team playing in South Bend!

Sunday we will head to Wrigleyville for a private bar at Murphy’s Bleachers where your beer and well drinks will be covered for two-hours. With 1 hour to go before the first pitch, we will head to 1032 Loveland for famous rooftop seats (not looking directly into the sun) where all of your food, beer, wine, and tips are included until 30 minutes after the Phillies-Cubs game!

Read about all the fun details of this amazing Philly sports package in Chicago >>

See you on the road!

The public is welcome at the dinner. Tickets are $95 apiece, and are available by clicking here.

Cole Hamels, Jimmy Rollins, Charlie Manuel, Larry Bowa, Mike Trout, and many more athletes will be in attendance at this amazing event!

Doors to the banquet open at 5 p.m.. with the dinner starting promptly at 6:30 p.m.

We’ll have some great food and drink specials, plus awesome prizes. The grand prize is lower-level tickets to see the Philadelphia Flyers – which is obviously always a hot ticket. All for knowing your sports!

So bring your team of up to four players and join us for some fun during football Sunday, this Sunday.

You’re invited to the first annual Wiffadelphia wiffleball tournament to benefit Philabundance.

On Saturday, March 9 starting at 6pm, we’ll be hosting a huge party at Big League Dreams – an indoor wiffleball facility in Medford, NJ.   We are raising money to help Philabundance provide meals for families in the Delaware Valley.  There will be lots of activities and different ways you can participate, but the main event will be an 8-team wiffleball tournament and home run derby.  Each team will consist of a maximum of 8 players (all 8 will bat, but only 5 play the field at a time) and each team is guaranteed to play in three games.  You can register as a whole team or we can assign you and some friends to a team ($25/person).  If you don’t want to play wiffleball, you can get a guest ticket ($15/person) and have fun in lots of other ways:

Beer Mini-golf T-shirts for everyone Giveaways Speed pitch Phillies trivia

Tailgate games Ballpark food Special guests Arcade Raffles Silent Auction

So call your friends now and make your plans for attending.  There are a limited number of wiffleball tournament tickets available so get yours now before it’s too late.  You must be over 21 years old to attend.

Through everyone’s generosity, we were able to raise enough money for Philabundance to provide 1,150 meals for families in the Delaware Valley.

A special thanks to Holy Family University Athletics for sponsoring, Scoats and The Grey Lodge for hosting, Erin for quizzing and the winning team for donating their prize money.

Details for our next charity event, Wiffadelphia on March 9th, are coming soon. In the meantime you can catch Pat hosting Sports Quizzo this Sunday at 6:30 in Center City.

Here are some photos from the event:

We’ll have some great food and drink specials, plus awesome prizes. The grand prize is 4 tickets to a Phillies game in 2013 with limo service to and from the ballpark. All for knowing your sports!

So bring your team of up to four players and join us for some fun during football Sunday, this Sunday.

We’ll also have raffles featuring a Roy Halladay autograph and cash prizes.

The event is sponsored by Holy Family University Athletics.

RSVP here on our Facebook page and show up early to be sure you get a seat upstairs.

Join us for a romantic evening reminiscent of old Paris! A Night in Paris will be an evening of culinary delights and live jazz to raise funds for Prevent Child Abuse PA.

Enjoy dishes from Chef J.C. Nuñez paired with aperitifs and fine wines. Plus, there will be a special performance by two celebrity dancers from ABC’s hit show, Dancing with the Stars. Exciting live and silent auction items will be available for bidding.

The event will be celebrity driven, as Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies will invite his friends from MLB, the NFL, NBA and NHL along with musicians, actors and television personalities to attend. These celebrities will join our key sponsors in an exclusive VIP area that features cigars and wine tastings.

Proceeds from A Night in Paris will benefit Prevent Child Abuse Pennsylvania with sponsorships ranging from $25,000.00 – $5,000.00 and individual tickets for $300.00 each. (That might seem like a lot, but if you can afford it, this is easily the best chance to actually talk to your favorite Phillies. They are super chill and approachable during charity events and everyone is having a great time.)

For more information on tickets or sponsorships, please send us an email.

Join us for a romantic evening reminiscent of old Paris! A Night in Paris will be an evening of culinary delights and live jazz to raise funds for Prevent Child Abuse PA.

Enjoy dishes from Chef J.C. Nuñez paired with aperitifs and fine wines. Plus, there will be a special performance by two celebrity dancers from ABC’s hit show, Dancing with the Stars. Exciting live and silent auction items will be available for bidding.

The event will be celebrity driven, as Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies will invite his friends from MLB, the NFL, NBA and NHL along with musicians, actors and television personalities to attend. These celebrities will join our key sponsors in an exclusive VIP area that features cigars and wine tastings.

Proceeds from A Night in Paris will benefit Prevent Child Abuse Pennsylvania with sponsorships ranging from $25,000.00 – $5,000.00 and individual tickets for $300.00 each. (That might seem like a lot, but if you can afford it, this is easily the best chance to actually talk to your favorite Phillies. They are super chill and approachable during charity events and everyone is having a great time.)

For more information on tickets or sponsorships, please send us an email.

Come see the Phillies lockers, the batting cages, the dugout, the suites, even take a stand behind the podium in the press room. It’s all part of an awesome 90-minute tour beginning at 6:00 pm (meet at the Majestic store at 5:45) on Thursday, September 13 for just $12. After the tour, stick around to watch the Phillies battle the Astros at McFadden’s. Your first drink is on us!

Here are some photos from last year’s tour:

On June 2, 1947, The Philadelphia Phillies came to the Egypt Park to play the Egypt team of the old Twilight League. They came to entice Curt Simmons, a 17 year old Whitehall High School pitcher from Main Street in Egypt, to play for the Phillies. Curt Simmons went on to a 20 year career with the Phillies, Cardinals, Cubs and Angels, winning the World Series with the Cardinals in 1964. This game put the new Egypt Memorial Park on the map. The park was officially dedicated as a living memorial to the men and women of World War II on June 6, 1948.

On June 2, 2012 the town of Egypt will host a festival honoring this event which will feature Curt Simmons himself and other Phillies legends.

PARADE
The day begins at 10:00 with a parade down Main Street of Egypt. The parade’s Grand Marshall will be Curt Simmons and will feature Dallas Green, Larry Shenk and Phillies legends.

CEREMONY
A ceremony, dedicating the newly rebuilt field as “Simmons Field” will be held at 11:30 at the park.

BASEBALL GAME
Egypt Park’s Starters Orioles of the Blue Mountain League will take
to the field at 1 pm.

ENTERTAINMENT
The afternoon air will be filled with music, and one of the Lehigh Valley’s best bands, The Aardvarks, will take the stage from 6 to 10 pm.

FOOD & BEVERAGES
Food will be served by Geakers Tacos. Menu will include hamburgers, hot dogs, cheesesteaks, tacos, french fries, pierogies, shaved ice and more. Beer, soft drinks and water will be sold.

MEMORABILIA DISPLAY
The inside pavilion will feature baseball memorabilia of Curt Simmons and the history of baseball at Egypt Park.

For more information, visit: www.egyptpark.org