Shay Roddy covering the 2009 World Series
Shay Roddy
Founder/ Managing Editor
Shay Roddy has been covering the Phillies since the 2008 season. Good time to start, huh?
He started over at Bleacher Report, a CBS Sports site, as a Phillies columnist around the All-Star break in 2008. During that run, Shay contributed to FOX 29’s Post-Game show as well as WIP among other platforms.
After covering the Phillies’ run to a World Series title, Shay began to think seriously about starting a site of his own. About two months after the parade down Broad Street, Phillie Phanatics opened as welcome addition to the Phillies media scene.
For the 2009 season, Shay became a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report, and continued to make several weekly contributions.
In November 2009, on the heels of a rough season for the franchise, where the Phillies lost their voice, Harry Kalas, Shay decided that it would be fitting to change the name to High Hopes: A Phillies Blog to honor the legendary announcer.
Send e-mail to sroddy@highhopesblog.com
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Homer Plate
Columnist
Homer Plate has become a name synonymous with hilarious, off the beaten path Phillies columns.
After graduating with honors and a B.A. in Communications from Temple University, Homer started his career in Los Angeles as one of the leading freelance contributors to the nationally distributed board game ZOBMONDO! Upon returning from LA, Homer entered the position of Vice President of Marketing for a local sports marketing firm. Among his accomplishments was the creation of the Willie Stargell All Star Golf Classic which coincided with the All Star Game in Philadelphia in 1996.
While working with Steve Cordasco, host of the BigMoney Show on WWDB and WPHT 1210 The Big Talker, Homer and Steve created the first “financial talk radio show” that thrives to this day. He has also written and directed an original TV pilot and was a humor writer for Pennsylvania Golfer for two years.
Homer also actively serves on the the Board of the Universal Charter School in South Philadelphia.
He brings his sense of humor and and creative writing skill and allows it to mesh with his love and knowledge of baseball in several weekly columns titled Out of Left Field. He has already become a sensation in the Phillies media scene.
E-mail homerplate@highhopesblog.com with your love, jokes, tips and praise. Send hate mail to Michael Vick or Howard Eskin. They’ll gladly accept it on his behalf.
10 Comments
December 21, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Shay Shay Shay what are we going to do with you !!!?????!!! Making your own website? I can’t believe it you have to go to a IT school for college I suggest MIT !
December 22, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Very great. i am impressed with your work with the phillies
March 7, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Great website and blog quality stuff
I suggest you eat more spinach b4 u ever go on tv bc thats how u get th chicks u know on my show how olive is crazy over me bc i eat some much spinach
Nice one kid
May 31, 2009 at 11:41 PM
SHAY RODDY YOU ARE LIKE THE MALE VERSION OF HANNAH MONTANA. EXCEPT WITH SPORTS. DOUBLE LIFE!!
October 16, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Hey, I found your blog while searching on Google. I have a blog on online stock trading, I’ll bookmark your site.
October 17, 2009 at 6:14 PM
though this site can’t compare to the fightins or beerleaguer, it’s my third stop.
October 23, 2009 at 3:16 PM
mike, agree. love this site!
October 25, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Shay Roddy is God among the baseball world. That is all.
November 8, 2009 at 3:37 PM
holy crap you have a website?
December 20, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Homer Plate= HERO