The Philadelphia Phillies bill their annual “Phillies Phestival” as a “fun-filled autograph and auction party for all ages”, and this year’s event will take place this evening at Citizens Bank Park on what is an open date in the Phils MLB schedule.
The goal of the Phestival is to raise funds to help battle the devastating, deadly, incurable neuromuscular condition of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) known in the colloquial as Lou Gehrig‘s Disease.
The latter designation comes from the New York Yankees legendary Hall of Fame 1st baseman Lou Gehrig, whose career and life were very publicly and tragically cut short by the disease back in 1941.