Steve Jones Show – Monday, May 22, 2017 Hour 2
Guests: Pittsburgh Penguins hockey analyst Bob Grove and Philadelphia sports writer/reporter Matt Leon (KYW Newsradio 1060).
Steve Jones Show – Monday, May 22, 2017 Hour 1
Topics: Indy car drivers robbed at local restaurant, Celtics crazy comeback in game 3, mobile betting could be allowed in new Las Vegas football stadium and the Los Angeles Rams new stadium one year delay. Guest: Philadelphia Phillies PA Announcer Dan Baker.
Steve Jones Show – Monday, May 15, 2017 Hour 2
Guest: Matt Leon (KYW/Philadelphia) has the latest information from the Eagles and Phillies. Topics: New ESPN SportsCenter anchor schedule and Steve shares PennLive’s David Jones’ column on his top 20 sports national announcing teams.
Steve Jones Show – Thursday, May 11, 2017 Hour 1
Guest: Pittsburgh Penguins Analyst Bob Grove on the Pens advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals after eliminating Washington. Topics: Stanley Cup Playoffs, Phillies, Nationals, MLB.
Steve Jones Show – Tuesday, May 9, 2017 Hour 2
Guest: Matt Leon (KYW/Philadelphia) has a Phillies report. Topics: Almost Dreaming, ESPN and rights fees.
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, March 22, 2017 Hour 2
Guest: Penn State Football Writer Rich Scarcella (Reading Eagle). Topic: Death of Phillies’ Dallas Green.
Chooch Traded To Dodgers
By R.J. Anderson/CBSSports.com – We’re now less than a week from the postseason eligibility deadline, meaning contenders have precious little time to do their last-minute shopping. The Los Angeles Dodgers checked an item off their list, agreeing to a trade that netted them catcher Carlos Ruiz from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for backstop A.J. Ellis, pitcher Tommy Bergjans, and a player to be named later. There’s a human element to the Phillies’ side, too — or so you’d like to think that part of the motivation here was allowing Ruiz, a franchise mainstay, to go play for a contender….
Phillies Prospect Loses Right Eye In Freak Accident
By Mike Axisa/CBSSports.com Philadelphia Phillies left-handed pitching prospect Matt Imhof has lost his right eye as a result of a freak accident at the ballpark. A resistance band mounted to the wall broke off and hit Imhof in the face. Imhof posted the news about his eye on Instagram. Imhof wrote, “It was decided that the best chance I had to live a normal life was to have my right eye removed and have a prosthetic one put in. This decision was not an easy one to make but to me it seemed like the right one so I went…
2016 MLB Draft: Phillies select OF Mickey Moniak No. 1 overall
From CBSSports.com Thursday night, the Philadelphia Phillies selected high school outfielder Mickey Moniak with the first pick of the 2016 First Year Player Draft. Moniak hails from La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad, California. Moniak is the first high school outfielder selected first overall since the Diamondbacks took Justin Upton in 2005, though there is a bit of a catch. Bryce Harper got his GED as a high school sophomore and enrolled in junior college in 2010, allowing him to be draft-eligible in what would have been his junior year of high school. Moniak, 18, hit .476 with seven…
