CLEARWATER, Fla. – The Phillies’ schedule billed Monday as the team’s first full-squad workout of spring training, but that was obviously a mistake. This was actually sensory-overload day at the ballpark.
It started with a clubhouse visit from Jason Kelce, the center of the Super Bowl champion Eagles and the man who had strutted up Broad Street in a Mummer’s costume 11 days earlier before bringing down the house with an expletive-laden speech about underdogs.
First, Kelce put on one of the “Be Bold” T-shirts that had been distributed to all the Phillies’ players ahead of Monday’s workout.