Saturday Afternoon At Connie Mack Stadium (Shibe Park) Still our favorite stadium to see a ballgame. We were so close to the field you felt like you could reach out and pat Richie Allen on the back after another bomb over the left field roof... #philadelphiaphillies #phillies #mlb | Philadelphia Phillies Fan Club

🏈On December 19, 1948 the 16th NFL Championship Game was played at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. The game was a rematch of the previous year's title game between the defending champion Chicago Cardinals (11–1), champions of the Western Division and the Philadelphia Eagles (9–2–1), champions of the Eastern Division. It was the first NFL championship game to be televised and due to heavy snowfall, the grounds crew needed the help of players from both teams to remove the tarp from the field. The ope