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The Philadelphia Flyers may have had their biggest win in more than a decade Wednesday night, but that didn’t stop the Broad Street faithful from raining down boos on one of their own teams.
No, the boosts weren’t for the Flyers, who earned a 1-0 overtime win to advance past the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Instead, they were for the Phillies, who had a suite when their game against the San Francisco Giants was postponed.
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Jamie Drysdale, Matvei Michkov and Cam York of the Philadelphia Flyers celebrate York’s overtime game-winning goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 6 of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia on April 29, 2026. (Len Redkoles/NHLI/Getty Images)
Members of the Phillies were shown on the jumbotron at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philly, and with the baseball team owning one of the worst records in Major League Baseball, the boobirds were heard quite loudly.
Philadelphia lost 10 straight games before finally snapping the streak last Saturday, but that didn’t stop them from relieving Rob Thomson of his managerial duties.
Manager Rob Thomson of the Philadelphia Phillies removes Jesús Luzardo from the game during the fifth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois on April 21, 2026. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Fortunately for the Flyers, showing the Phillies wasn’t a bad sign. Despite being on ice for much of the second, third and overtime periods, Flyers goaltender Dan Vladar stood his ground, making 42 saves in a shutout, and Cam York scored the overtime winner.
The Flyers will now face the Eastern Conference’s top seed in the Carolina Hurricanes, who swept the Ottawa Senators.
The Phillies’ 10-game skid was their longest since losing 11 straight in 1999, and it’s a battle between themselves and their own NL East rival New York Mets for the worst record in baseball (owned by New York by just half a game).
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper stands on the field between innings at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 19, 2026. (Jess Stiles/Sipa USA)
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Entering their doubleheader against the Giants, the Phillies are 10-19 and are already 11.0 games back of the Atlanta Braves, who are 22-9. The next closest team in the division is the Miami Marlins, who are 15-16.
