Michael Barkann

A beautiful day to begin the week as the Phillies should have been greeting the Toronto Blue Jays at CBP. I don't know about you, but Toronto will always have a special place in my Philadelphia sports heart because we share the memory of Hall of Fame pitcher, the late Roy Halladay. Halladay played most of his stellar 16-year career in Toronto, but he played the last quarter of it in Philadelphia. What he gave us ... was perfect. Literally.

A beautiful day to begin the week as the Phillies should have been greeting the Toronto Blue Jays at CBP. I don’t know about you, but Toronto will always have a special place in my Philadelphia sports heart because we share the memory of Hall of Fame pitcher, the late Roy Halladay. Halladay played most of his stellar 16-year career in Toronto, but he played the last quarter of it in Philadelphia. What he gave us ... was perfect. Literally.

After playing nearly the first week of the season on the road (just as they have four of the last five seasons), today the Phillies open up Citizens Bank Park for the 2020 season. What a beeee-U-T-FULL day it is! Perfect for what would have been opening day. It's a crusher, isn't it? First off, the weather's usually terrible for the home opener and we get a day like this. Second, the Phillies would have mopped up with the Marlins and then the Mets to start the season, it says right here.