OnPattison Podcast: A deep dive into Citizens Bank Park's future during its most important year

Managing Editor

Thursday, April 9, 2026

On the latest episode of the OnPattison Podcast, Bob Cooney and Tim Kelly do a deep dive on what the future holds for Citizens Bank Park, which will host the MLB All-Star Game in 2026.

Later in the show, Cooney and Kelly are joined by Matt Breen of The Philadelphia Inquirer to discuss the fallout of the Harry The K's renaming.

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Bob Cooney

Bob Cooney has been covering the Philadelphia sports scene for all of his professional life from his 25 years at the Philadelphia Daily News to sports talk radio host and co-host at 97.5 The Fanatic. There isn't a professional team, or major sporting event, that has been in this city that Cooney hasn't covered. He was the beat writer/columnist covering the Sixers before and through The Process, has covered hundreds of college games and many Phillies, Flyers and Eagles games. He was present for all days when the U.S. Open was played at Merion as part of the Daily News coverage in 2013 and was named the Pennsylvania Sports Writer of the Year in 2016 by the National Sports Media Association.

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Tim Kelly

Tim Kelly is the Managing Editor for On Pattison. He's been on the Phillies beat since 2020. Kelly is also on Bleacher Report's MLB staff. Previously, Kelly has worked for Phillies Nation, Audacy Sports, SportsRadio 94 WIP, Just Baseball, FanSided, Locked On and Sports Illustrated/FanNation. Kelly is a graduate of Bloomsburg University with a major in Mass Communications and minor in Political Science.