Kevin Cooney

Kevin Cooney has been reporting on Philadelphia sports for the past 24 years, including 21 at the Bucks County Courier Times where he covered the Phillies, Eagles and Flyers. He has won two APSE awards and four Keystone Press Awards for his stories. A regular on WIP, Kevin loves to interact with readers on Twitter. Follow him there at @KevinCooney.

July 13, 2020

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Phillies finally have an adult in the room with Joe Girardi

by Kevin Cooney

In this most abnormal of years with no guarantee that the Major League Baseball season can even finish the 60-game “fun run” of a schedule, the one thing that Phillies fans should hold onto is the fact that their manager has as good a grasp on a situation that will easily get away from most skippers.

March 10, 2020

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: MLB has a chance to get it right with coronavirus, but probably won't

by Kevin Cooney

It is a bright day at the ballpark formerly known as Bright House Field. Indeed, Spectrum Field basks under the glow of an 85 degree Wednesday afternoon for a Grapefruit League tilt between the Phillies and Pirates.

February 24, 2020

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Phillies' history shows low arbitration offer means nothing, Realmuto will sign here

by Kevin Cooney

Players get mad after these processes. That’s a simple fact. But you are only as good as your next contract. And the one the Phillies will likely give J.T. Realmuto makes this all seem like just a minor tiff.

January 22, 2020

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Curt Schilling trending into Baseball Hall of Fame next year

by Kevin Cooney

With an incoming 2021 class that would fit the term “underwhelming”, Schilling is likely 18 months away with his date on a Cooperstown dais. Schilling’s vote total jumped nine points this year. With an empty incoming ballot, that number’s not going down and it is likely that a Schilling only ceremony will cause the sport’s powers-that-be some serious sleepless nights.

January 10, 2020

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Phillies need to do more to grab, keep attention of fans

by Kevin Cooney

The E-A-G-L-E-S eclipse has ended. And as winters doldrums move forward and the length of time until Florida’s warm and inviting sun draws shorter, the natural attention starts to turn to where the Phillies are with just about a month to spring training.

December 13, 2019

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Phillies have 'no other choice' but to 'outspend mistakes'

by Kevin Cooney

The Phillies did get a little better. But they are still not good enough. And while you can’t say they are “going cheap”, it is fair to wonder if their financial planning has any kind of plan at all.

December 5, 2019

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Phillies taking a big gamble on Zack Wheeler — and they better hope it pays off

by Kevin Cooney

It is the time of the year where rational thinking tends to disappear and organizational philosophies get thrown into the wind. The Phillies, right now, are the biggest example of that.

November 6, 2019

Phillies

Phillies 2019 free agency primer: 9 burning offseason questions

by Kevin Cooney

Baseball free agency is the classic example of the sports unofficial motto: "Hurry Up And Wait."

October 28, 2019

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: What to expect from Joe Girardi as he's announced as new Phillies manager

by Kevin Cooney

There is one certainty about the press conference that the Phillies will hold on Monday to introduce Joe Girardi as its 55th manager.

October 12, 2019

Phillies

Kevin Cooney: Nothing about Phillies press conference showed 'organization working in harmony'

by Kevin Cooney

John Middleton was right on Friday: he has been a great CEO for a lot of companies and made a lot of money. But that was in the business world. The sports world is completely different. And John Middleton will only become a great CEO in that world when he understands the line of separation that has to exist between the product on the field and the suite level.