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Ceremonial First Pitches
Celebrating a birthday? Graduation? Wedding Anniversary?
Come out to the Reading Phillies and celebrate in style.  We offer anyone the opportunity to walk out to the pitchers mound, wind up, and throw a pitch to a player at home plate.  
Information

vs. Akron
Sat May 17 
Seats available More info
6:05 pm 

(4:00 HH / 5:00 gates)

Post-Game Fireworks 
- Literacy Council of Reading - 40th Anniversary
Happy Hour w/ live music from Shame  & $1.00 off selected beers
- All Star Distributing
Post-Game concert w/ Shame  in the Classic Café
- Classic Harley-Davidson

Sun May 18 
Seats available More info
1:05 pm 

(12:00 gates)

R-Phils Mascot Band Hat (K2000) 
- Pepsi
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Reunion w/ Queen of Baseballtown Ruth Hartman and Friends
- 830 AM WEEU
$1.00 Hot Dogs
- Berks Packing / Stroehmann's
Post-Game Run the Bases (ALL AGES)
- 69 News Berks Edition

 

Frank Cacciatore, hitting coach

Frank Cacciatore, who managed the St. Lucie Mets in the Florida State League (A) in 2007, has 20 years of experience in player development and has been managing or coaching in the Minor Leagues since 1988. He has worked for Houston (1988-92), San Francisco (1993-98), Florida (1999-01), Montreal/Washington (2002-05) and the New York Mets (2006-07). 

Cacciatore is no stranger to the Eastern League. He managed Portland, then a Marlins affiliate, in 1999 and was the hitting coach for Harrisburg in 2002 and 2005.

Cacciatore, who resides in Orlando, coached and taught mathematics at his alma mater, Florida Southern College, from 1978-1982, before being named the head coach at Palm Beach Junior College. He is a member of the FSC Athletic Hall of Fame. 

An All-American outfielder in college, Cacciatore helped the Mocs win the 1975 NCAA Division II National Championship before playing professionally for the Detroit Tigers for two seasons, reaching Double-A.

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