On this date… The Phillies lose their 10,000th game, the most losses in professional sports, on July 15th, 2007. The Phillies were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 10-2 before a Citizen’s Bank Park crowd of 44,872 and a National TV audience. Adam Eaton took the loss. During the game, Phillies CF Michael Bourn hit his 1st and only HR as a member of the Phillies. Winning a World Series 15 months later helped soften the blow.
Phillies legend Chase Utley announced his intention to retire from MLB at season’s end. Utley was the greatest second baseman in Phillies history.
Did you know… Chase Utley’s first career MLB hit was a Grand Slam HR off Aaron Cook on April 24th, 2003 vs. Colorado Rockies. The rightfielder for the Rockies who watched it clear the fence over his head was current Phillies Manager Gabe Kapler.
Did you know… Chase Utley recorded the last-ever out at Veterans Stadium, hitting into a double play to end the game on 9/28/2003 vs. Atlanta Braves.
Did you know… While Chase Utley was good at hitting the ball, the ball was good at hitting Utley as evidenced by his team record 173 career HBPs.
Ray Emery – Flyers/G (2009-10, 2013-15) Goaltender Ray Emery spent three seasons with the orange and black over two stints. Emery started 75 games for the Flyers and finished with a 35-34-10 record, a 2.88 GAA and a save pct. of .901. Emery won the William M Jennings Trophy and a Stanley Cup in 2013 while with the Chicago Black Hawks. He also had an NHL record 12 consecutive wins to start a season. RAZOR was a fiesty goalie who enjoyed mixing it up. He displayed his temper on and off the ice and was suspended on more than one occasion. Emery had a memorable fight with Sabres’ goalie Marty Biron, and literally destroyed Caps goalie Braden Holtby who was clearly an unwilling combatant. Emery was a pretty good goalie, as well. During Emery’s rookie season in 2005 with the Ottawa Senators, Emery set a new NHL record, and tied another, both previously held by Flyers goalies. He won his first 9 starts of his career, breaking Flyers Bob Froese’s record of 8 set in 1982. Later that season Emery had 12 wins in the month of March tying Bernie Parent’s NHL record of 12 wins in a single month. Emery finished his NHL career with a record of 145-86-28, with a .906 save pct. and a 2.70 GAA. 
Chase Utley – Phillies/2B (2002-15) Chase “the Man” Utley was the greatest second baseman in team history. A fixture throughout the greatest era in Phillies baseball, Utley led the Phils to a World Series Championship in 2008. His 7 career World Series HRs is the most ever for a second baseman. The six-time NL All Star and four-time Silver Slugger was named to Sports Illustrated 2000’s All-Decade Team. Utley won the Mike Schmidt MVP Award in 2005. His 35-game hitting streak in 2006 was tied for the longest ever by a second baseman. While Utley was good at hitting the ball, the ball was good at hitting Utley as evidenced by his team record 173 career HBPs.
Following the Phillies 2008 World Series Victory Parade, the soft-spoken Utley stunned the crowd gathered at Citizen’s Bank Park when he infamously shouted on live TV “World F**king Champions!”
