
Alex Coffey
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Phillies writer @PhillyInquirer, previously @TheAthletic. Second-generation sportswriter. Proud sister of an Olympic gold medalist. ✉️: [email protected]
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2 days ago |
inquirer.com | Alex Coffey
For 23 years, Phil Shank has kept an old church bulletin in a lockbox at his parents’ house. It’s not the most expensive thing he owns, but in his mind, it is one of the most valuable. On the cover is the name of Shank’s parish, “Our Lady of Consolation,” and the date, June 2, 2002. Inside, at the bottom right-hand corner of the third page, is Tug McGraw’s signature, next to a hymn.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Alex Coffey
When Aroon Escobar found out he’d play in a Phillies big-league spring training game against the Orioles on March 9, he immediately began to visualize his at-bats. He went pitch by pitch, thinking about how he’d approach a fastball, a breaking ball, and so on. He thought about sitting in the dugout, walking onto the on-deck circle, and stepping into the box. This continued for a day and a half; he even went through the pitch sequence in his dreams. The work paid off.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Alex Coffey
Just before 4 p.m. Friday, Princeton “Prince” Bailey walked onto the tarp behind the batting cage at Citizens Bank Park. He was with his grandpa, Troy, his mother, Sarah, his sister, Justis and his grandmothers, Linda and Katrina. A throng of cameras were behind him, with a rotating group of ballplayers taking hacks in front, but Prince was unfazed. He lifted his glove up to his eyes, raised his left knee, and followed through with his right arm. By now, this is a sight Phillies fans know well.
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2 weeks ago |
dailygazette.com | Alex Coffey
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Alex Coffey
Troy and Princeton Bailey were at the Phillies-Nationals game on Tuesday night, sitting in section 118, row 13, when a fan in front of them turned around. It was a few minutes after Phillies reliever José Alvarado escaped a bases loaded situation in the eighth with a strikeout of pinch-hitter Alex Call. She showed Troy her phone. “They’ve got you on TV,” she said. He assumed the fan was talking about the Jumbotron. She was not.
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