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The paid attendance tonight – Friday night, opening weekend, against the Nationals – of 19,047 is the lowest in Citizens Bank Park history, eclipsing the 19,182 figure the Phils posted against the Rockies on April 26, 2006. Ryan Madson was the starting pitcher that night. The Phillies and Nationals thank you!

That screen grab is of Gregg Murphy while he was delivering his incredibly useful Major League Notebook, which, it seems, has lost its sponsor– Gwynedd Mercy University. Poor Murph, not even a middling local college wants to attach their name to the pile of feces that is Phillies baseball. Meanwhile, T-Mac said it looked like Murph was standing in front of a green screen. No, Tom, that’s grass, and it’s literally the exact same view you have 162 games per year.