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.

2020-05-092020-05-10 Matt Veasey PHILLIES

10 questions with Ellen Adair

The "10 Questions With ...." series resumes with actress Ellen Adair, who also happens to be one of the biggest fans of the Phillies you will ever meet.

2020-05-082020-05-08 Matt Veasey PHILLIES

Phillies could go college pitcher in first round of unusual 2020 MLB Amateur Draft

The 2020 MLB Amateur Draft promises to be highly unusual and an advanced college pitcher like Oklahoma's Cade Cavalli could be a perfect fit for the Phillies.

2020-05-082020-11-16 Matt Veasey PHILLIES

Phillies 50: Forgotten 2004 – A.J. Hinch

Better known as a big-league manager, A.J. Hinch is the 2004 position player in our 'Phillies 50' series on the most random players with the club 1971-2019.

2020-05-072020-11-16 Matt Veasey PHILLIES

Phillies 50: Forgotten 2004 – Jim Crowell

The 2004 Phillies pitching entry for the 'Phillies 50' series is lefty Jim Crowell, who appeared in just four May games with that ball club.

2020-05-072020-05-07 Matt Veasey PHILLIES

Improvement from Rhys Hoskins will be a key once Phillies get underway

Significant improvement at the plate from first baseman Rhys Hoskins will be a key to hoped-for Phillies contention in 2020 and over the next couple of years.