Life Of A Philly Fan

06/19/2026

Five Topics. One City. One Rabid Fan. One Newsletter.

Welcome to the Philly Fan Five!

Here’s the gist! Every Friday (hopefully) I’ll be releasing this newsletter right on Substack. It will cover FOUR hot topics in Philly sports and ONE of the hottest topics blazing through sports media in general. I am sure there will be weeks with three and two or some sort of combination. There may even be some pop culture talk when a certain topic, show, or movie captivates the people! But there will always be a plan to cover it all locally and nationally. Let’s get going.

Five Topics.

06/18/2026

It’s hard not to feel demoralized for Andrew Painter right now. The time that was meant to be spent developing was spent rehabbing Tommy John surgery. Now the lack of development is showing through at the major league level. By no means does this mean it is the end for Painter as a prospect. But right now you just feel bad for the time that was robbed from him.

06/17/2026

How did we like the Phillies new lineup strategy?! Personally I will take all the Brandon Marsh at-bats I can get right now

06/16/2026

Surreal scenes in Philadelphia as the World Cup finally arrived! To see the atmosphere in Philly on full display makes you truly proud to be a Philadelphian. Despite the loss, it was such a cool moment to see the Ecuadorian crowd drape The Linc in yellow!

06/15/2026

The Rocky Statue curse continues and carries over from football to futbol 🤯

Ecuador fans packed out The Linc and turned it a stunning yellow. Philadelphia was on full display for the world to see in their first host match of the World Cup and it was beautiful

But alas, despite the fan fare, nobody can survive draping their jersey on the Rocky statue. Feel bad for the Ecuadorian faithful. They didn’t deserve this like the Vikings, Commanders and 49ers fans did

06/12/2026

Adolis Garcia is going on the 60-day IL with a torn right latissimus dorsi tear. Gabriel Rincones has been called up from the minors.

Obviously Adolis struggled at the plate thus far (was finally showing life there) but the difference defensively in right field with him compared to ✨last year✨ was night and day

One of the best laser arms I have ever seen from an outfielder

It’s a big loss

06/10/2026

Tarik Skubal to the Phillies?

HERES WHY IT MAKES SENSE

06/08/2026

ALL STAR MARSHY ⭐️

Was very happy to cast my All Star ballot for Brandon Marsh this weekend! He homered in all 3 games and leads the NL in batting average

06/07/2026

The Devonta Smith WR1 Era Has Begun in Philly ⭐️

06/03/2026

I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days while you were still in them