im guessing its just a person from philly but id appreciate some input
2007-06-15 11:34:53 · 13 answers · asked by Joe C 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
It's simply a name based on the city's name. From the Phillies' media guide:
"Philadelphia was without a National League franchise until 1883. Following the 1882 NL season, Alfred J. Reach, a former player and Philadelphia sporting goods founder along with attorney Col. John I.Rogers, purchased the Worcester (MA) franchise and moved it to Philadelphia. During their final year in the NL, the Worcester club was known as the Brown Stockings.
"Starting a ball club from scratch, the new owners named the team “Phillies,” a takeoff on the team’s geographic roots, 'Philly.' The Phillies are the oldest, continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional sports."
2007-06-15 11:54:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Phillies originated in Worchester, Mass. but moved to Philadelphia in 1883, I believe. They were called the Ruby Legs. Al Reach, the first official "professional" baseball player became their owner, and named the team the Phillies, because of their geographical tag. Coincidentally, they are the longest running one name one city franchise in all professional sports. (This date in Philadelphia Phillies History is a good book. Shrenk, and Wheeler, I believe.)
2007-06-15 11:56:16 · answer #2 · answered by Greg S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A philly is a young female horse. This is meaning that the greatest players who played for Philadelphia's baseball team (Steve Carlton, Mike Schmidt, Jimmy Rollins, and that notorious horse's a$$ Pete Rose among others) represented the equivalent of My Little Pony.
2007-06-15 11:46:52 · answer #3 · answered by Snoop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a philly is a person from phiidelphia as well...because ive had cousins from philideelphia and i ve heard people call them phillies. Kind of a lame nickname but o well
2007-06-15 11:42:06 · answer #4 · answered by BydaBay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Philly is someone from Philly. But, a philly is also the name of a female horse.
2007-06-15 11:43:06 · answer #5 · answered by Ham B 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Philly is a young, female horse., and, yes, at times the Phillies do play like something that comes out of a certain part of a horse's anatomy.
2007-06-15 12:11:20 · answer #6 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-08 10:24:41 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
short for philadelphia ! philly player!
2007-06-15 11:38:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The whole team is full of fatties who love to eat philly cheese steak things...?
all I know, is that it's a pretty stupid team name. My Tigers are playing them today though... yeah. TIGERS is a pretty common sensical (...) team name.
2007-06-15 11:45:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont know what it is either im from philly and i still don't know what it is. i been watching them for years.
Go Phillies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1
2007-06-15 11:38:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anthony C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋