Shedding Light on The Darren Daulton Foundation
Here is a little throwback for all of you guys and girls!
It is a picture of me with former Philadelphia Phillies great, Darren Daulton, and my good buddy from our sister station down the hall, WMMR, the one and only, Jacky Bam Bam!
The picture was actually taken back in 2012 at that year’s MMRBQ.
That year was actually a really fun show with great performances from Halestorm and Shinedown, who are actually returning this year to headline!
As much as I would love to focus on the MMRBQ and I am sure you all love listening to Jacky Bam Bam just as much as I do, today I want to focus on the other guy in the photo a little bit more — Dutch!
Dutch was a salt of the earth kind of guy, and, not to mention, one of the best catchers in Phillies history — if not the single best catcher!
Not only that, he is actually an alumnus of another one of WMGK’s sister stations down the hall, 97.5 The Fanatic.
Unfortunately, we lost him way too soon to brain cancer in 2017.
But you know for sure, up until that point, he was fighting his butt off to try to beat cancer.
Part of that fight was starting the Darren Daulton Foundation.
The foundation was formed in 2013 to help others fight the same fight Dutch was battling against cancer.
The About page on the foundation’s website says, “The foundation serves as an extension of Darren’s love for people. The way in which he lived every day.”
That statement could not be any more true to the person he was while he was here, and I’m glad the foundation exists to keep his name alive, while also helping those in need.
If you can, please visit the Darren Daulton Foundation website, donate, buy some merch, or volunteer!
It is for a great cause!
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Behind The Scenes Working The Taylor Swift Philadelphia Concert
What a Show!
Over the weekend, a few concerts took place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday down at Lincoln Financial Field in South Philly.
It was a tiny artist that not too many people know about, and there definitely were not close to 100,000 people in and outside the stadium enjoying each show.
And by that, I mean the BIGGEST artist in the world currently and there were absolutely that many people surrounding the Linc and in their seats enjoying the show!
Yes, Taylor Swift was in town over the weekend and it was quite the spectacle!
I was actually in attendance for the show on Saturday night with my niece, Lily!
She is actually a part of the event staff for all of the Eagles games and also works a few select concerts taking place at the Linc!
And you know she was not going to miss Taylor!
I got to walk in the tunnel with her and clock in and then it was right to her post at the Pepsi Plaza!
Lily was super helpful to all the concertgoers assisting plenty of Swifties to their seats and giving them guidance throughout the stadium!
The event itself was incredible!
I got to see the merch first hand that people were lining up by the hundreds for on Thursday — a full day and a half before any of the shows even started!
Taylor put on an amazing show for all the people that were fortunate enough to be in the building and even thousands more outside who just wanted to hear their favorite artist sing.
If you haven’t seen the videos by now, thousands upon thousands of Taylor Swift die-hard fans surrounded the stadium singing their favorite songs and enjoying the show from outside!
I have never seen anything like that in all my years in the music industry!
Overall, I had an amazing time with Lily and I’m glad she got to work one of the shows!
Matt Cord is the host of the Matt Cord Show. He is a lover of all Philly Sports and has been the voice of the Sixers for 27 years and NBA2K for the past 4 years. As a cyclist enthusiast, Matt writes about his adventures all throughout the city.