This Week on Philly Sports History

Hey y'all... here's what's going on this week down at the good ol' Philly Sports History blog. Get on over there and show Johnny Goodtimes some love!
 
The story of the Philadelphia A's pitcher who sometimes left games to chase after firetrucks, and who wrestled alligators in the offseason. 

5 Insanely Awesome Dr. J Photos. 

There's only been one left handed catcher in MLB history to catch over 300 games in his career. He was a Philadelphia Phillie, and by far the greatest left handed catcher ever.

The former Phillie who went chasing after a fly ball, and got stuck in a doghouse.