The Phillies have one thing to ask of fans going to the World Champions' season opener Sunday night -- get to Citizens Bank Park early.
The game against the Atlanta Braves is scheduled to get under way at 8:05 p.m. But, there will be a slew of pregame festivities that the team doesn't want fans to miss.
Pregame festivities including the raising of the World championship banner, a special first pitch and guest appearances will start at 7:15 p.m.
No ticket -- no problem. The Opening Night festivities will be shown on Phillies.com.
For those lucky ones with a ticket, the gates at CBP will open at 5:05 p.m.
As always SEPTA will offer extra express service to the ballpark with express trains leaving Fern Rock every ten minutes from 6:48 p.m. until 7:38 p.m.