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Salisbury: The Lombardi Trophy is in the house as Phillies throw a winning 2025 homecoming party

March 31, 2025

Mar 31, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Eagles great Brandon Graham holds the Super Bowl trophy before throwing out the first pitch before game between Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images

The sun came out and the temperature warmed. A sold-out crowd of 44,595 traded in their winter sweaters for short sleeves. All they wanted on the day the Phillies came home to Citizens Bank Park was a reason to paaaar-tay.
Brandon Graham gave them one. He carried the Lombardi Trophy in his left hand and threw out a ceremonial first pitch with his right. “You can’t put that thing down,” Bryson Stott marveled later in the day. “That was sick.” Saquon Barkley also tossed a first pitch. The crowd went nuts and delivered a rendition of Fly Eagles Fly that made the house shake.
But after all the pomp and circumstance, the party was slow starting. Colorado Rockies right-hander German Marquez put up...

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