(republished from a year ago, when the Phils went on to lose at home to the Reds)
Easter at the ballpark is the marriage of two timeless traditions of Spring, when we can enjoy the Phillie Phanatic cavorting in bunny ears, or even the Easter Bunny tackling Teddy Roosevelt.
However for much of baseball’s history this commingling was very rare or even impossible, and especially so in Pennsylvania. For one thing, the baseball season used to begin in mid-to-late April, or even early May, meaning that in most years in the late 19th and early 20th century, Easter had already come and gone before the season even began.