Rise and Phight: 2/25/2023

Yes, your prayers have been answered.

The Phillies - the defending National League champion Philadelphia Phillies - play a baseball game today.

Not just one game, no sir. They have a split squad, which means there will be two games.

And one of them, you get to watch!

It’s a good day.

On to the links.

Phillies news:

• Kody Clemens has a really famous baseball dad. He wants to make sure that mentality his father had is channeled through him.
• Noah Song has missed five years of baseball. He hopes to make that time up in the next three weeks.
• The team’s 26-and-under score here is low, but who cares?

MLB news:

• The pitch clock made its debut yesterday and Manny Machado found himself falling victim to it right away.
• Now Warner Bros. Discovery is looking to leave the sports broadcasting business. It’s a whole new world out there.
• Lots of notes here from Jon Heyman, including the nugget that Sixto Sanchez won’t be ready until the summer.