About the Philadelphia Baseball Review

Philadelphia Baseball Review reporting and interviewing players at Citizens Bank Park

Independent baseball journalism in Philadelphia since 2007.

The Philadelphia Baseball Review is an independent news organization covering baseball throughout Philadelphia and the surrounding region.

Founded in 2007, PBR publishes original reporting, analysis, features and historical journalism covering the Philadelphia Phillies and the region’s college, high school, youth and amateur baseball communities.

Our work is built around a simple idea: strong journalism can inform readers, preserve Philadelphia’s baseball history, elevate undercovered programs and people, and strengthen the game at the community level.

Baseball Journalism With Purpose.

Our Journalism

Patrick Gordon reporting with a notebook at Oriole Park at Camden Yards

The Philadelphia Baseball Review covers baseball across the full Philadelphia landscape through firsthand reporting, interviews, statistical analysis, archival research and on-location coverage. The goal is not simply to publish more baseball content, but to produce journalism that adds context, preserves history and helps readers better understand the game in Philadelphia.

PBR’s coverage spans the professional game, amateur baseball, youth baseball and the history of the sport throughout the region.

Patrick Gordon reporting from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Phillies and Major League Baseball

Reporting, analysis, features and commentary on the Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball and the issues shaping the organization and the sport.

College and Amateur Baseball

Coverage of more than two dozen college programs, nearly 100 high schools and multiple amateur leagues throughout the Philadelphia region.

Youth Baseball

Reporting on access, development, leagues, organizations, coaches, families and the issues shaping the future of baseball throughout Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Baseball History

Original historical research and storytelling focused on the Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, Negro League baseball, ballparks, players and the communities that built the city’s baseball tradition.

Our Story

From Juniata Park to the press box.

Patrick Gordon and his youth baseball team in Philadelphia in 1995

Youth baseball in Philadelphia, 1995 — where the story behind PBR began.

The idea behind the Philadelphia Baseball Review began long before the website did.

In the summer of 1995, founder Patrick Gordon rode through Juniata Park in the bed of a pickup truck with his teammates after winning the Devlin League travel championship. He was 12 years old.

It felt, at the time, like the pinnacle of his baseball career. But his connection to the game was only beginning.

While attending Northeast Catholic High School and later Temple University, Gordon became increasingly interested in journalism and storytelling. A playing career gave way to writing.

Patrick Gordon Philadelphia Daily News editorial credential

An early Philadelphia Daily News editorial credential from Gordon’s journalism career.

In 2007, Gordon founded the Philadelphia Baseball Review with a Dell laptop and a simple goal: cover baseball in Philadelphia seriously and completely.

Nearly two decades later, PBR has grown into a publication covering the Phillies, amateur baseball, youth baseball and the history of the game throughout the region.

Tell the stories. Preserve the history. Strengthen Philadelphia baseball.

Major League Baseball Coverage

The Philadelphia Baseball Review is credentialed by Major League Baseball and has covered the Philadelphia Phillies as a credentialed news organization since 2013.

PBR’s Major League Baseball coverage has included regular-season Phillies reporting, postseason coverage, National League Championship Series, World Series and MLB Winter Meetings.

That access supports the same goal that guides all PBR coverage: providing readers with informed, independent baseball journalism rooted in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Phillies celebrate the 2022 National League championship at Citizens Bank Park

The Phillies celebrate the 2022 National League championship at Citizens Bank Park during Philadelphia Baseball Review postseason coverage.

Baseball Journalism With Purpose

To ignite and sustain a deep passion for baseball in Philadelphia through impactful journalism and storytelling while helping grow the game at the amateur and youth levels.

PBR believes baseball journalism can do more than document results. It can explain the game, preserve history, connect generations and bring attention to players, programs and communities that deserve to be seen.

PBR also works with baseball programs, community organizations and leaders throughout the region on initiatives designed to strengthen the game and expand opportunity.

Community and commercial relationships do not determine editorial coverage. The Philadelphia Baseball Review is independently owned and operated, and sponsored or paid content is clearly identified.

Leadership

Patrick Gordon

Founder & Executive Editor

Patrick Gordon is a Philadelphia baseball journalist who has covered the sport for more than two decades. His work has appeared in Baseball America, MLB.com, the Philadelphia Daily News, Sports Collectors Monthly and the Las Vegas Sun.

Gordon has covered the Phillies as an MLB-credentialed reporter since 2013 and holds a master’s degree in journalism.

Read his biography →