Phillies beat the Pirates 5-1 in a glorious 2 hours, 15 minutes
Bohm and Stott their first homers of the year
Marsh homers, has hit safely in 10 of 11 starts
Ranger Suarez dominant
Nick Nelson with 6 bullpen-saving outs

/Narrator voice/
They slugged

Are the Phillies hitting too many home runs? We'll take your calls next on WIP ...

Brandon Marsh just hit his team-high 4th home run of the season. He did it to the opposite field, and he did it on a breaking ball
All reasons why Marsh's hot start might stick delcotimes.com/2024/04/11/phi…

The Philadelphia Union’s Dániel Gazdag and Julián Carranza are among the elite scoring duos in the league and they can make Major League Soccer history on Sunday, becoming the first pair of teammates to score in 16 different regular season games.

Shipped $20 million in transfer fees to South America and they have no bench. My soul weeps

I fear someone in the broadcast booth may strain something bending over backwards to make excuses for the richest, most rules-evading roster in MLS history

I'm not a big fan of 'boo a player just because he's great' by home fans. But it is refreshing to hear Rayados fans greet Messi with boos instead of awestruck reverence bordering on delight

I believe Luis Suarez was just yellow carded for the unforgivable crime that is being Luis Suarez

Remember this - and the Union thumping, and the Revs hiding - when tempted to draw too broad of conclusions from whatever comes from the Leagues Cup cheer fest

I think I heard a studio analyst say Inter Miami 'looked like the better team' in the first half.
It took 15 minutes for the wrongness of that statement to penetrate my brain

The whiplash of, 'the USMNT has no good strikers' to 'the USMNT has too many striking options' is dizzying

Drake Callender should get an assist for that, and I am not joking in the least

I could never *fathom* 'grass seed from a salad bar crouton dispenser' on my CONCACAF bingo card. The chip window will be cashing in all bets immediately

The Union conceded 6 to Pachuca and it wasn't MLS's worst capitulation of the tournament

If Tommy Mac can't beat Club America, who can?