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Yahoo
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
John Kruk gives high praise to Kyle Schwarber in postgame interview
Coming off his go-ahead grand slam, Kyle Schwarber chats with the guys in the booth about his All-Star MVP award, the slam, and his representation of Philadelphia. John Kruk gives high praise to Kyle Schwarber in postgame interview originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
CBS News
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Philadelphia Phillies host fan festivities ahead of 2026 All-Star Game
The Phillies are hosting fan festivities as they count down to next year's All-Star Game in Philadelphia. The celebration kicks off Friday at noon at Dilworth Park with the official unveiling of the 2026 MLB All-Star logo. Several Phillies legends will take part, including Larry Bowa, John Kruk, Ryan Howard and Cole Hamels. The Roots will also perform at the free event. At 2 p.m., the All-Star Declaration bus will make its way around the city. The bus will stop by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Independence Mall, the Betsy Ross House and Citizens Bank Park before Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Angels. Next year's game will be the fifth time Philly will host the Midsummer Classic, but the first ever at Citizens Bank Park, marking a double celebration with America's 250th birthday.
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
John Kruk Called Phillies Offense 'Painful to Watch' Amid Terrible Astros Series
John Kruk Called Phillies Offense 'Painful to Watch' Amid Terrible Astros Series originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Philadelphia Phillies wrapped up a series against the Houston Astros on Thursday, and it went terribly. While there weren't any injuries or brutal errors, it was just an overall awful performance from the offense. The Phillies scored one total run and didn't do so until the eighth inning of the finale. Advertisement During that game, former Phillies slugger John Kruk shared his reaction to the Phillies' lackluster performance and blasted the team for their poor play. Kruk posted on Twitter/X, "Damn this is awful." A little while later, Kruk followed his first post up with another comment, specifically calling out the offense, "Love the pitching, but the offense is painful to watch." It's hard to blame Kruk when the Phillies' offense, through three games and 27 innings, scored just one run, and it was on a sacrifice fly. But, as Kruk alluded to, the Phillies' pitching was great. The starters and the bullpen during the Astros series allowed five runs total, yet the Phillies were swept. Ranger Suarez, Christopher Sanchez and Zack Wheeler all had great performances but were either on the hook for the loss or had a no-decision since the offense couldn't get anything going. Advertisement When the Phillies did score in the third and final game, it wasn't meaningless, as it tied the game 1-1. Kruk's reaction was felt by plenty of Phillies fans: "Holy (expletive) we scored!!!" Former Philadelphia Phillies first baseman John KrukEric Hartline-Imagn Images Unfortunately, the very next half-inning, the Astros retook the lead. Kruk shared his reaction to the Astros retaking the lead: "Son of a (expletive), that tie game didn't last long." The series against the Astros went about as poorly as it could've gone. Despite great pitching performances, the Phillies' offense was nowhere to be found. Every run the Astros scored was a mountain the team had to climb, and they couldn't manage to do so more than once. Advertisement Related: Phillies' Rob Thomson Gives Positive Injury Update on Bryce Harper Related: Phillies' Ranger Suárez Joins Tarik Skubal as Only Pitchers With Incredible Feat in 2025 This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 26, 2025, where it first appeared.
Chicago Tribune
25-06-2025
- Climate
- Chicago Tribune
Column: Extreme weather shows Chicago White Sox need a retractable roof on their next ballpark
From last winter's polar vortex to this week's heat wave, Chicagoans have experienced several degrees of uncomfortableness in a few short months. We weather the extreme weather well enough, thanks to a lot of practice, and tend to think of ourselves as a hardy bunch that shrugs off the bitter cold or sweltering heat because we're Chicagoans. It's a small price to pay for living in the world's greatest city, so we persevere and wear our rugged exteriors on our sleeves like a badge of honor. But this latest experience under the Heat Dome had me wondering whether it's time to accept that, down deep, we're really weather wimps. We don't want to leave the house when the wind chill is below zero or the heat index is over 90. We love our central heating and air conditioning, despite our gritty reputation. There's nothing wrong with admitting you prefer comfort over extreme cold or heat, even as we've been typecast as a city that loves our 'Bears Weather,' a holdover from a few cold-weather wins during the Super Bowl season 40 years ago. This year has seen a cold spring turn into a hot summer almost overnight. Wrigley Field was a sweat box over the weekend, with an umpire and a Seattle Mariners pitcher leaving Saturday's game because of the heat. It was less worrisome Monday at Rate Field, where the White Sox took on the Arizona Diamondbacks with the sun down, but I still felt for Sox players taking infield practice, remembering former first baseman John Kruk's clubhouse rant in 1995 when manager Terry Bevington ordered pregame infield practice during a similar heat wave. The only way for fans to escape Monday was to hit the showers, and a long line of kids waited to jump into the left-field shower during the game, gleefully soaking themselves while the Sox got pummeled 10-0. Climate change has brought more tropical weather than ever to Midwestern cities, and despite what the stable genius and his administration want to believe, it's not going to reverse course anytime soon. That's why it's imperative for future White Sox owner Justin Ishbia to rip up the current renderings of the proposed ballpark in the South Loop and commission an architect to draw up a new one with a retractable roof. When Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf outlined his long-term succession plan last month, he in effect handed the stadium issue to Ishbia, who figures to own the controlling stake in the team by 2030 or so — just in time for a new ballpark to open, assuming he's open to paying for most or all of it with his $4.3 billion. Reinsdorf's search for public funding for a new park is toast, so if Ishbia doesn't do it, the Sox will either have to readjust their lease at Rate Field or move. Sox fans deserve better, but they seldom get what they want. The Sox last year gave us a look at how a new ballpark would look at The 78, and the renderings received rave reviews. Everything looked cool. But the idea of making the public build the Sox yet another ballpark — after they messed up with an antiseptic stadium with a steep upper deck that is now closed off during most weekday games — was a deal breaker. If the Sox are realistic, they would admit most of their fans go to games only when the team is winning, and even then they usually wait until the weather is tolerable. A retractable roof, like the ones built by the Milwaukee Brewers, Houston Astros and Texas Rangers, would fix one of those problems. A new owner in Ishbia might fix both. Would Sox fans accept a retractable dome? A former player told me once they got used to it, they'd love it. 'Every new ballpark constructed should have a (retractable) roof,' he said. 'Not just because it's too hot but for concerts and events in the winter to make it pay off.' Before Monday's game, I asked rookie pitcher Grant Taylor, who played in the jungle-like humidity at LSU, what he thought of the Sox moving into a retractable-dome ballpark down the line. Taylor had just experienced two such parks in Houston and Toronto. 'I thought that was cool in Toronto,' he said of the Rogers Centre. 'I liked it better with the roof open, but yeah. When we were in Houston it was raining one of those days, and it was so nice to put the dome over (the field) and still play baseball. 'That's huge. You look at the St. Louis series (in Chicago) when we had to cancel a game and then have to use all of our relief arms in a doubleheader the next day. I think it would be pretty sweet. I prefer a stadium that's open on a good day, but if it's raining or 100 degrees outside, it's nice to have a dome.' The Cubs will have to live with future heat issues at Wrigley Field, the second-oldest ballpark behind Fenway Park. The Rickettses have invested heavily in renovations, but a roof is not part of their long-term vision. But it's not too late for the Sox to understand this concept of climate change and its effect on games. The Rangers owners came to the conclusion that a roof was necessary in their oppressive heat and left a perfectly suitable ballpark that opened in 1994 — three years after the Sox moved into new Comiskey Park — to enjoy the air-conditioned comforts of Globe Life Field. As we sweat away the summer, imagine walking out of 98-degree heat and into a 72-degree, climate-controlled ballpark to watch the Sox play. It's not as crazy as you'd think. Now they just have to figure out the winning part.
Fox News
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
John Kruk reveals he threatened to kill MLB umpire near the end of the career
Philadelphia Phillies legend John Kruk played a solid 10 years in MLB, earning three All-Star bids over that span. But he didn't have the best send-off with one of MLB's longtime umpires. Kruk revealed on Monday night during the Phillies TV broadcast that he once threatened to kill umpire Brian O'Nora during his second-to-last game in MLB. "I just got a text message from Judson Burch," Kurk said to his partner, Tom McCarthy. "Big Phillies fan. Big umpire savant. He said Brian O'Nora has been around so long, he threw you out of a game." Kruk, then, dipped into his memory bank and pulled out a wild story about himself on the Chicago White Sox with O'Nora. "The game before I retired, I think I threatened to kill him," Kruk said, via Awful Announcing. O'Nora was only in his third year of umpiring when that incident with Kruk happened in 1995. Kruk's words to O'Nora came from a strike out call while facing Doug Jones in the top of the ninth inning. At the time, Kruk was slumping at the plate, so his frustrations boiled over, and he took it out on O'Nora. The first baseman and left fielder began his career with the San Diego Padres, playing parts of four seasons with them before being dealt to the Phillies during the 1989 campaign. Kruk spent six seasons in Philadelphia, slashing .309/.400/.461 with 62 homers, 145 doubles and 390 RBI over 744 games. Kruk spent his final year in MLB with the Chicago White Sox, playing just 45 games and hitting .308/.399/.390 with a .789 OPS and 23 RBI. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
