Rise and Phight: 2/14/2022

Today is Valentine’s Day and while you might think the Phillies would be celebrating all the players named “Valentine” in their long history, there actually haven’t been.

Nor have there been any players named “Love”.

But there has been one stalwart of the team’s history that can in some way be linked to today, it’s franchise hero Lynn Lovenguth (see what I did there?). Is it a stretch? Certainly, but who could ever forget the 14 games Lovenguth appeared in in 1955. Eighteen innings of completely anonymous ball that year cemented his place in the team’s lore.

Lovenguth was brought to the team’s camp that year looking to crack the pitching staff after so many years in the minors. He made a name…