Rise and Phight: 12/17/2021

Listen, there’s no news these days. Everyone is doing pretty much the same thing, so I’ll just do us all a big favor. Let’s cut right to the chase.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

• Yesterday marked the anniversary of one of the best trades in team history, the day Roy Halladay came to Philadelphia.
• Matt Gelb ($) answered your questions. Come for the baseball talk, stay for the Sesame Street talk.
• This could be another way the city honors Dick Allen.

MLB news:

• If you were wondering what teams are doing during the lockout, it turns out: quite a bit.
• Here is where every team stands pre-lockout, and a look at what they’re going to do next ($).
• You thought that the economics part of the negotiations were going to get done soon ($)? Oh you, you’re so innocent...
• I’m not sure I agree with some of the solutions written about in here, but there are some good ideas.