right here we have phillies' manager ryan sandberg. obviously a hall of famer and former mvp, we have a question to test your knowledge that i can go through pretty quick. >> reporter: full disclosure i cheated and know the answer. >> not a problem. in what year was ryan sandberg voted the national league's mvp? and the answer is -- >> 1984. >> reporter: all right. we have one last one. >> there we go. >> reporter: okay. where can phillies' fans watch today's game at 3:05? i don't know tracy and chris, do you know the answer to that one? >> we win on that one. >> you should get this one right. >> reporter: we do win on that one. we all win on that one. a lot of friends for family and friends of all ages to take a break from the action, but hopefully it will be a good game. >> we are here every game. come on up to visit us. >> reporter: jason guy, thank you so much. we'll send it back to you guys. >>> thanks. you can see all the excitement of opening day including the game itself right here on nbc 10. join keith jones and jaqueline lond

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said the marlins they are a team they should match up with, because they only have three wins but ryan sandberg knows that nothing comes easy this year. >> we played well, except for maybe one we can use the home field as our advantage and the marlins are a team that has talent. so we have to go about our business and do some things better. >> reporter: now there are been bright spots freddy galvis and ashy leads the team with .350 batting. >> the young players are really swinging the bats for us on the road trip so we need them as a group and whole lineup just to swing as a group. >> like chis utley batting .11. and everybody gets these pins, and fans 14 and under these beautiful phanatic socks. keeping my feet nice and warm. you don't want to miss it. live at citizens bank park ducis back to you. >> that is tremendous jaime thank you. >>> last week a st. joe's basketball player got the phone call of a lifetime. natasha cloud was the second round pick of the mystics, she is going to the wnba. she has final exams before she graduates in may and then off to training camp, her new reality is sink

. >>> ryan sandberg switching up his lineup for tonight. 6ers fans won't see them playing together as soon as you would hope. (female announcer) you could win $1,000 a day for life... (husband) hon! it's grover cleveland! (female announcer) ...when you play the new cash4life, from the pennsylvania lottery. (grover) nice! (husband) 3 club seats. 50 yard line. (female announcer) that means you too could experience the joy of winning. every day, for the rest of your life. (grover) new wheels. nice. see you tomorrow! (female announcer) cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. play for fun. cash for life. >>> phillies back at it tonight against the red sox. line sapdburg burg line sabd ryne sandberg switching up the line up. that rangk making his debut. he was tied with cole hamels for the second most quality smarts. he had back issues, but all good now. >> i'm ready to go. a lot of people were worried, but that was just being cautious and not pushing through it. >> mccoy after saying chip kelly does not like or respect stars said he's not talking about the eagles anymore. here is lesean m

. >>> ryan sandberg has changed up the lineup a little bit. ben revere dropped eighth and you can't judge a book by its cover and probably shouldn't judge a baseball team after seven games. but we will with the phillies the team is batting .216 and they scored 16 runs and no team has scored less and harvey is 4-0 against the phils including a .048 era. the two players combined batting average is .130, and utley batting just .091. we shall see. gm, ron hextall is addressing the team tomorrow and we'll find out what will happen with craig berube. >>> and michael carter williams score 30 against his former team and the bucks are headed to the playoffs and the simmers final game is tomorrow after home against the heat. >>> a vibrant pennsauken girl had a bright future until an injury got in the way and we won't say it derailed her because she keeps on trucking. jaime apody has her story. >> when describing herself as a soccer player, jade does not hold back. >> i think i can be intimidating because i get into i don't think about anything else just

we have bits and pieces and that's coming up in sports and the phillies manager ryan sandberg has the solution for the phillies problems on offense offense. all coming up in sports. ♪ the phillies are back home. not sure that changes what they are as team but the phillies open a three game series again the miami marlins tonight. the phillies have a better record than the marlins by one game. what's got to change for the phillies the offense in the middle of the lineup where is struggle. chase utley coming into the game on and zero-18 slump hitting .116. ryan howard hitting sixth and batbattingbatting .175. the manager has it all figure out. >> we want to score early in the game. we want to score in the middle and score late. so and also run support for our pitchers our starting pitcher will go a long way. if we can attack the starters and do just a little bit better job of putting some up early runs that would get set a good tone for the game. >> he's got it all figure out. score early score middle score late. if you're going to slow something like that throw it all out there. ryne i

the phillies only scored six runs in their first three games so ryan sandberg going william darren rough because he has way better numbers against gio gonzalez. check out the one-handed catch here by the beer vendor doesn't spill a drop and a nice souvenir for the kid. he strikes out six in six innings. he has the lowest e.r.a. since he joined last august. hernandez, base knock to right. two runs score. four-spot in the inning and jonathan papelbon doesn't feel like a philly but he's five saves away from becoming the all-time saves leader. phils win 4-1 and have won six of seven against the nats. >>> the nfl draft is three weeks away. ron jaworski joined us and he thinks chip kelly should mortgage the future to get marcus mariota. >> if this is the guy you absolutely believe in that that's your guy, yes. the latest i'm hearing now from my sources around the league who are pretty wired in is that he's going to go number one now to the tampa bay buccaneers. i've heard it from a couple of three people that have had conversations with chip kelly. and chip kelly said marcus mariota will win m

. >> phillies manager ryan sandberg held a meeting on the field before the game going over fielding fundamentalsg last night. it was the braves who had four errors. couldn't field the ball. take a look at the action. aaron harang very impressive. he's given up one run or less in three of his four starts. ninth inning ben rivera. passed ball so he gets to third base. then revere grounds to first. that is an error and the fillies win in walkoff stale. loafer the braves. >> it's got to feel pretty good to put one on the board in the bottom of the ninth and get out of here with a win. >> yeah. >> you blocked it, that was good. >> it's amazing freddy is the philly's leading hitter. and birds quarterback mark sanchez had revealed why chip kelly brought in tim tebow. this is interesting. >> some eagles took their hacks in the batting cage today. quarterback mark sanchez of course throwing. and he was told tim tebow was signed because sam bradford is rehabbing from knee surgery. >> we needed another guy to throw while sam is still recovering. so that's kind of the reason there. at least as it was explai

. >> reporter: phillies are among the worst hitting teams in baseball so ryan sandberg switching thingyan howard off to a slow start started on the bench in favor of ruff. the nats wasting no time getting their first hit. phils down 1-0. that's all williams allows in 6 innings. hernandez pinch hitting in the right, one run in, here comes sam ron else safe. phillies take a 2-1 lead. rbi single. gallon -- galvis is the best hitler on the team, phillies go on to win 4-1 in front of the smallest crowd ever at citizens bank park. >>> flyers manager said he will decidedly the coach's fate after the game today. >>> go figure we have a goalie controversy in time, it's not a flyers goalie having problems it's a drama in goal for the union. high stake keeper in the game is out in favor of john john mccarthy from la salle. he will make his union game debut. >> a lot of energy and people tell me to enjoy the game. that's what i plan to do is enjoy the game. >> the union will look for that first win mccarthy will have 200 friends and family on hand. coverage starts today at 3:30. later tonight sixe

ryan sandberg says it's about time. >> it helps the morale of the team and the pitching and bullpen pitchingas a good combination and team effort and the guys came through with galvis and howard and ben revere coming up big in those situations. >> because of that sandberg kept the lineup the same ryan howard batting sixth. lets hope he can hit another one. jaime apody, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you jaime. >> the nfl draft is eight days away and people are wondering does chip kelly have another trick up his sleeve. we are talking about marcus mariota he is expected to be drafted first to sixth overall. it is out of his control but would like to play for his old coach again. >> it would be a great opportunity, to play for a coach i previously played for. we'll see it's a crazy process. chip kelly has a plan to everything he does. and he'll find a way to make his team the best team come the first game of the season. >> mariota recently signed a deal to endorse subway the sandwich maker thought it was a good idea to create this, a mariota replica out of sandwich materials. why his lip as

. >>> hey, phillies manager ryan sandberg held a meeting on the field before last night's game because they have 17 errors tied for the most in baseball. interesting last night it was the braves who had four errors couldn't field the ball. aaron harang very impressive eight shutout innings. he's given up one run or less in three of his four starts. ninth inning now, ben rivera at the plate, freddy galvas on second. revere grounds to first. freddy freeie freeman can't handle it. that is an error and the phillies win in walkoff style, 1-0 winners over the braves. >> it's got to feel very good to put one run on the board in the bottom of the ninth and just get out of here with the win. >> yeah you know sometimes. >> you blocked it that was good. >> amazing freddie is the phillies' leading hitter. >> some eagles citizens visited the park and mark sanchez had revealed why chip kelly brought in tim tebow. this is interesting. >> some eagles took their hacks in the batting cage today. quarterback mark sanchez of course throwing. and he was told tim tebow was signed because sam bradford is reh

ryan sandberg windchills things up. ryan howard is on the bench.re wasting no time getting their first hit. jerome williams gives up the lead off homer. that's all williams allows in 6 innings. down 1 hernandez pinch hitting here comes cameron he stays phillies take a 2-1 lead. freddie galvis bases load. 3 more hits last night. phillies win 4-1 in front of the smallest crowd ever in the history of citizens bank park. cole hamels is on the mound later tonight. >>> flyers finish up the season against on on ottawa vinnie is out after suffering a concussion during would have his two fights thursday, he has a career low 8 goals. >>> go figure we have a goalie controversy in town, it's a drama in goal for the union. high stake keeper in the game is out in favor of john mccarthy who started north catholic high and la salle. he will make his mls debut later today. >> it's indescribable. a lot of energy and good positive vibes people telling me to really enjoy the game and that's what i plan to do enjoy the game and do whatever it takes to win. >> the union

ryan sandberg switched things up. howard is on the bench.he nats well they are wasting no time getting their first hit jerome williams gives up a homer to teller. that's all williams allows in 6 innings. down 1 thrilling. herhernandez, pinch hit one run in. cameron stays phillies take a 2-1 lead. later in the 7th. rbi single. galvis is the best hitter on the team after three more hits on the team. phillies go 0 on to win 4-1 in the smallest crowd ever for the history of citizens bank park. cole hamels is on the mound later tonight. >>> flyers finish up against ottawa. >>> vinnie will lacavale out with a concussion. >>> we have a goal controversy in town. there's a drama in goal for the union. the high stake keeper in the game is out in favor of john mccarthy who started at north catholic high and la salle. he'll make his mls debut later today. how about this time last year he was watching union games from the stands. >> a lot of energy and good positive vibes and people telling me to enjoy the game and that's what i plan to do and enjoy the

. >> ryan sandberg says he could be a spark plug. >> they have changes in the lineup darren rough starts ruiz is at the bat. jeff back to you. find me some gloves now please. >> we have to get her a hat. >> four more games left in the sixers season against the wizards, they are trying not to lose seven straight. if you turned off the flyers game after their big lead, same finish islanders come back to tie it with 28 seconds left, steve mason thinking we are going to overtime but here comes the flyers 3 seconds left, brayden schenn shoots a terrible shot and it goes in flyer win and that kept new york from clinching the playoff spot. >> day before the masters and tiger woods big return he is on the course for the par 3 contest with his kids and girlfriend lindsay vaughn. how about the putt in there and there you go a big hug from daddy. the shot of the day doesn't come from the shortest on the course jack nicholas at 4:00 on the t shot. this is 140 yard as way, how about the bounce back? get in the hole! look where it is going -- got it. the 75-year-old nicholas is the six time -- >>> phi

could be a long night for chase utley in a slump of epic proportions 2 for 22 and batting .091, ryan sandbergtime he missed from spring training the phillies are averaging only 2.3 runs per game. the flyers miserable season has come to a close and gm ron hextall is set to talk to the media tomorrow and the coach is on the hot seat after the team underperformed this season especially on the road and failed to make the playoffs. many wonder whether this team needs more prominent voices in the dressing room, berube knows there needed to be leadership in the rocker room. >> one guy could have a big voice but it takes a lot of guys in the room leadership wise, like i said it wasn't good enough and has to get better, there are guys pulling in that leadership role. >> the philadelphia union is hoping to get their season turned around and they finally got that first win over the weekend and they look to make it two straight after all they are playing the first team they just beat, they play york thursday night. >> there say familiarity and you know them pretty well and you just reviewed for a week bu

. >> reporter: phillies manager ryan sandberg wanted to see his team play a little bit better after aisasterrous finish in clearwater. phillies playing the final exhibition game against the pirates. chase will you utley batting 412 despite the ankle injury. buchanan looks great again he had better numbers than cole hamels in the spring. buchanan will be the third starter in the rotation and williams the 4th. sandberg has a few more moves to make before the opening day. >> i would like to have the final revolter and get everybody together for opening day after a long spring training, i think that's the main thing on my mind right now. you get the 25 guys nailed down. >>> they have until 3:00 p.m. to set the roster. >>> clark griswald and his family had less problems on their road trip than the flyers. flyers fewest wins on the road since 1992. the game goes to a shootout, that is once again an issue for the flyers. flyers lose 3-2. they are back home today this afternoon against the penguins. >>> sixers in north carolina as well. nerlens noel missed most of it with a cut on his right e

. >>> phillies manager ryan sandberg asked his team for a solid effort ahead every monday's season opener. ben revere with walk off homerun on friday, yesterday revere was at it again before the game. fans need ago lift from the parking lot to the stadium had a special driver, that would be ben revere, making sure everyone got to the game on time. in time to see chase utley with a single right up the middle. ben revere and came around to score, phillies take two-nothing lead, chase with very good spring. second inning, phillies up four to knowing. ryan howard rips one to first botched the play revere scores, now that he's done driving fans from the lot makes it five-nothing. still in the second inning ruiz with single to the left side. another scores. phillies won their final exhibition game six to four. here's the manager. >>> what i am anxious us for is to have the final roster and to get everybody together for opening day after a long spring training, i think that is really the main thing on my mind right now is you get those 25 guys, nailed down get us together as a group add a group

. >> phillies manager ryan sandberg, asked his team for solid effort ahead of monday season opener.off homerun on friday, yesterday revere was at it again before the game. fans need ago lift from the parking lot to the stadium had a special driver, that would be ben revere. making sure everyone got to the game on time. and in time to see chase utley with a single right up the middle ben revere, and herrera score and phillies take two-nothing lead. chase with very good spring. second inning, phillies up four to nothing, ryan howard rips one to first, botched the play. revere scores. now that he's done driving fans from the lot makes it five-knock. still to the second inning, carlos ruiz single to the left side. herrera scores. phillies won their final exhibition game, six to four. here's the manager. >> what i'm anxious for is to have the final roster, and to get everybody together for opening day, after a long spring training, i think that's really the main thing on my mind right now. get those 25 guys nailed down. get us together as a group add a group on monday, and start the seas

. >> reporter: phillies manager ryan sandberg wanted to see his team play better after a disaster outlines finish in clearwater. he got it yesterday. phillies playing the final exhibition game against the pirates. chase utley batting 412 going into the opener despite missing the start of the spring with the ankle injury. boon can unanimous looks -- buchanan looks great again. he will be the third start in the rotation. jerome williams will be 4th. >> what i am anxious for is to have the final roster and get everybody together for opening day after a long string training. i think that's really the main thing on my mind right now. you get the 25 guys nailed down. >> they have until 3:00 p.m. to set the roster. >>> well, clark griswald and his family had less problems on their road trip than the flyers. the ten road winslowest since 199 -- road wins, lowest since 1992. flyers lose 3-2. they are back home today against the pen convincing. sixers in -- men -- penguins. >>> sixers in north carolina, meredith williams-earle out with with -- nerlens noel out with an ilid consult. sixers lose by on

excitement fullys worst hitting neem baseball and ryne sandberg switching things up. ryanoward off to slow start starts on bench in favor of darren roth. howard zero career hits off gol sdan he's. you shut there young man and think about that. thats wasting no time. first batter of the game. jerome williams gives off lead homer to taylor. that's all williams allows in six innings, 7th, down 1 hernandez pinch hitting run in. cameron ruff play at the plate safe. phillies take 2-1 lead later in inning fredly galvis bases loaded. jay-roll what. galvis is best hitter on the team now. phillies win 4-1. fans go nuts. >> on a lineup light tonight is serves two purposes gets guys off their feet and involves other players on team get their feet wet and contribute with the written more special but involves everybody and really creates a spark. >> it's a good one. lowest score in history of the masters after two rounds doesn't belong to jack nicholas or arnold palmer an tiger woods bibut a 21-year-old kid who should be a senior in college now. tiger looks getterburg the second round i

. >> reporter: well, the phillies lineup has not been a complete group by any means but sandberg going back to ryan howard and chase utley in the lineup tonight against atlanta's alex wood who is a lefty by the way. live at the ballpark, jeff skversky channel6 "action news. ducis. >> jeff thank you. >>> we are less than a week from the nfl draft. teams often debate drafting for need versus drafting the best player available. there's no debate in the birds' front office. >> our philosophy is best player available for us. association it's not just the best player available for the league. we grade and we set our board for the eagles. so it's according to our height weight speed parameters according to how they fit in our system, how they compare to our roster so it is the best player available but it's the best player available for us. >> makes sense. we will have the eagles covered on draft night. the "action news" sports team will present draft breakdown thursday and friday nights at 11:30 here on 6abc. >>> let's kick it. the union visit columbus tomorrow night. they have just one victory in eight

ryan howard from strike out. terry collins comes out. he gets toed the ka* catcher doesn't understand it mets win it the score six-pfeiffer. >>> i've been told that the manager ryne sandbergrd in the lineup any longer. struck out twice tonight. i was told today that the team will give howard somewhere around 30 days and if it doesn't get better the phillies will release howard if that's the way it has to be. changes are culling across the inn feel. all right. once they get rid of howard i hear chase utley would probably play first base. see saw hernandez would be the second baseman. and freddie galvis would stay at short. look for maikel fran tow to play third because asche struggles defensively he had a homerun tonight. he would move to left field. pitcher is always in a dangerous position to cleveland. that's car rows carrasco. 60 feet 6-inches away it looks ugly. he had a jaw bruise, no concussion. all right. the flyers general manager ron hextall addressed the media tomorrow at 2:00. he'll make it clear whether his head coach will be back. in most cases it's not the head coach but the players when the team feels. i'm hearing he will not be back. some close think he wi

ryan howard is batting .175 he will bat six and tonight and sandberg thinks that there is bad luck involved just one swing of the bat into a gap that would score two or three runs, that would have gone big into the first two weeks of the season hopefully that is something we can look forward to going forward. the six game road trip includes a span of six straight games against the nl east. the phillies are 3-7, not too good. jaime apody channel 6 "action news." >> make sure you have your calendars handy tonight, in a few hours the nfl will release their 2015 schedule. we have to wait for the dates and times outside of the nfc east the birded host lesean mccoy and the buffalo bills and host the saints and visit the super bowl champions, the new england patriots. >>> the national liberty museum honor the winners of the nationwide selma essay contest. >> dr. king said, let freedom reign. i thought the fight for freedom was done. >> well, you heard from some of the winner they are named -- and took home money to submitting the top essays and video speeches congratulations to them. all the essay

marlins jerome williams on the mound for phillies ryne sandberg continues to tweak the line up hoping to get a spark. carlos ruiz is batting clean up ryan howard has fallen to sixth, the phillies are coming off a one-six road trip where they hit just .210. it is challenging road trip with the pitching that we faced. all and all i think we're maybe out of two games up to this point out of 13 games and we were in all of the rest. the the one thing this team in these closer games is just key hit with a couple guys on to drive-in a couple of runs to give us a chance to win. that is what we're looking for. >> earlier today at the bank phillies hosted 15th annual home runs for heart media day reporter mike dinardo of the sister station kyw news radio taking a few swings. proceed benefit the the american heart association. it is held in memory of phillies great richie ashburn. phillies fans will get their chance to hit the the ball out of the park may fourth and fifth. >>> nfl will release eagles schedule tonight. they will play nfc east, they will host shady in mccoy and bills plus card, saints, bucks, dolphins. they will hit road for games a

sandberg will suffer the same fate. phillies have lost five straight already. ryanard batting seventh only managed five hits last night. once again cole hamels election very unace-like. he's given up seven homers in 18 innings this is season. he allowed only 14 all of last year and more than -- in more than 200 innings. phillies stalled the nationals five to two. cole -- howard is batting seventh in there lineup once again. he went one for three last night. first time hitting seventh since 2006. his average .167. he has one rbi and 10 strikeouts. >>> union look to make it two straight wins against new york last night playing in front of 20000 at yankee stadium. the bronx bunch struck game ended in a one-one tie. >>> finally when we go outside with our gloves to play catch my two and a half-year-old always tells me mommy keep your eye on the ball. one college outfielder did just. that indiana and evansville tied at one in the fifth were sophomore tossed the ball, over the fence. over the wall. he somehow ends up with the ball in his glove. could be the catch of the y

means almost time for baseball sandberg told me when i asked him if he was superstitious and keeping the lineup the same after a win and he said yes and that is why ryanis batting sixth again. >> thank you jaime. >>> from jameis winston and marcus mariota, from a tight end in a small school projected to go way later than that. they all have the same dream, jeff skversky speaks to nick boyle about his chances. >> nick boyle is one of the best football players to ever suit up in the state of delaware he has the most catches in school history for the tight end and hopes to be a catch in next week's draft. >> he is projected for a late round pick. >> it's exciting and scary because it's unpredictable. you don't know what team wants you, you can talk to a team 20 times and they don't pick you and the team that picks you never spoke to. >> chip kelly watched him play a few times not only is he friends with the offensive coordinate he of delaware they were friends in new hampshire and they run a similar offense. >> i think that would be extremely easy for me to pick up that play book. >> the former blue hens captain is receiving interest from the texans and