Author: Matt Veasey

Married father and grandfather. Roman Catholic political and social conservative. Lifelong Philadelphia resident. Retired following a three decade career with the Philadelphia Police Department. Graduate of Saint Joseph's University. Owner, Editor, Writer, and Social Media Coordinator of the mattveasey.com website since 2004 and philliesbell.com as well as the @philliesbell feeds on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram since 2019. Former Site Expert as Editor and Social Media Coordinator of Fansided's Philadelphia Phillies 'That Ball's Outta Here' site and Contributor to their 'Call to the Pen' MLB site. Former Assistant Editorial Director, Social Media Coordinator, and Contributor at 'Phillies Nation'. Past contributor to 'Sports Talk Philly' and the 'Philadelphia Baseball Review'. Philadelphia Phillies season ticket holder.

2022-12-132022-12-13 Matt Veasey PHILLIES

RIP Curt Simmons: Who are oldest living Phillies?

Simmons had been the seventh-oldest living former Phillies player. There are now 16 former Phillies players age 90 and above.

2022-12-02 Matt Veasey BASEBALL

Scott Rolen deserves enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame

Rolen has a career bWAR of 70.1, which is higher than Tony Gwynn, Eddie Murray, Ivan Rodriguez, Carlton Fisk, Edgar Martinez, Ryne Sandberg, Roberto Alomar, Craig Biggio, Andre Dawson, and other position players of recent decades.

2022-11-152023-01-17 Matt Veasey REVIEWS

TV Watch: The Walking Dead

Who will live? Who will die? On Sunday, November 20, The Walking Dead comes to a conclusion. While the story will live on for a few in those spin-offs, the final resolution to the story for many of our favorites will be revealed.

2022-11-142022-11-14 Matt Veasey BASEBALL, PHILLIES

Phillies have a Rhys Hoskins problem

How the club chooses to handle it's Rhys Hoskins problem is going to be one of the most interesting of this entire off-season.

2022-11-122022-11-13 Matt Veasey BASEBALL, PHILLIES

Phillies Hot Stove: plenty of free agent relief pitching available

While I don't see the Dave Dombrowski devoting big bucks to one of the bigger name, higher-priced pitchers, I do expect at least two or three free agent relievers to become prime targets for a deal at some point during this off-season.

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