Phillies Base Running Issues Doom Them While Eagles Report to Camp Next Week

The Phillies continue to make fundamental mistakes on the base paths and fielding errors that cost the team wins. The Dodgers took two out of three games against the Phillies, but it could have easily gone the other way.  Bad base running and errors continue to plague this team. Good baseball teams don’t make these mistakes often, and if they do, they clean it up. The Phillies won’t be able to win games when it counts if this continues.

Trea Turner is tied for the Most Errors among Major League Baseball Shortstops with 15 errors.  Despite the fact that Turner is starting to hit the ball, going 18-64 (.281) in the month of July, his defense is putrid!! The Phillies welcome the New York Yankees to town over the weekend. 

The Eagles report for training camp on Tuesday, July 28th. It’s been awhile since The Locker Room has talked Eagles football but this weekend we will get warmed up. When the Birds report to camp, that means the summer is almost over, well almost. 

The Beach Patrols are ramping up their race schedule with two Lifeguard races this weekend. The Atlantic City Classic and the Kerr Memorial Lifeguard races in Avalon,  both held this weekend. These are the last races before all the Beach Patrols meet in the Dutch-Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard races, July 31st, in Wildwood. The first of the Big Three races that The Locker Room crew will cover live on 97.3 FM ESPN radio. 

On Saturday’s show, Producer Vince Focht and my intern Erin Ewing are in the studio with me. We will recap the Phillies vs Yankees game one, plus in Hour One  we will hear from Jack O’Malley of O’Malley LLC. Four generations of the O’Malley family have been transporting all Phillies and visiting teams luggage and equipment between airports, Hotels and stadiums for years. We will hear from Jack about his unique job. In Hour Two, we will preview the Birds before camp. Then it’s our Beach Patrol report with Jack Brooks brought to you by McCann Realtors of Sea Isle and the OCBP Lifeguard Alumni association. We will have interviews from both the Atlantic City Classic and the Kerr Memorials Lifeguard races. Plus we will talk with Kristen Moorby, who ran the 18th annual Cape May Point Women's Challenge. 

On Sunday’s show, Producer Alex Berardis and my intern Erin Ewing join me in the studio. We’ll talk Phillies Baseball and go “On the Mound” with former Phillies Pitcher Tommy Greene brought to you by Blitz’s Market of Ocean City. Tommy gives his analysis of the Phillies week and previews Sunday’s game. Hour Two, Mr. Negadelphia P.J. Corda checks in with his thoughts on the Philly Sports scene, brought to you by the Vassar Pool Service.

Eagles talk and more this weekend in The Locker Room with Billy Schweim, every Saturday and Sunday from 10am to Noon on 97.3 FM ESPN Radio South Jersey.