There’s going to be a fair amount of sports talk in today’s Feelgood Friday edition of the Keystone newsletter.

(Pirates fans, feel free to skip ahead a little bit. And don’t worry, we'll be talking about Paul Skenes winning the Cy Young Award soon enough.)

Another Red October is upon us. The Phillies, who won the National League East for the second consecutive season, will face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series beginning Saturday at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia. It’s the renewal of an October rivalry that dates back to the 70s (more on that in this story highlighting the greatest moments in Phillies postseason history), with the Phillies drawing perhaps the most formidable opponent of all the teams still standing in MLB’s October tournament. 

You can watch game 1 Saturday at 6:30 on TBS. I’ll be there at CBP. Fearless prediction: It’ll be an epic series that will age me by about 15 years. Phillies in 5. Bryson Stott will be the X-factor.

To get you in the Red October spirit, see how many Phillies postseason heroes you can guess in this week's Keystone Crossword.

Jameson Pennings with Donna Morey at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Sept. 10. (Contributed/Facebook)

With the Phillies returning to the postseason for the fourth consecutive year, there will, inevitably, be that tired chatter among the national sports media about how savage Philly sports fans are. 

While the haters focus on Phillies Karen, the often mischaracterized tale of Eagles fans pelting Santa with snowballs, and the foul-mouth hooligans who in no way define an entire fan base, it’s a good time to focus on Philly sports fans like 9-year-old Jameson Pennings of Chester Springs.

Pennings was on a mission to get a foul ball at a Phillies game, so his parents bought seats to a recent game along the third base line, down near where the ball girl sometimes tosses foul balls into the crowd. And that’s exactly what happened. 

But a couple of innings before Jameson’s wish to get a foul ball came true, he overheard a woman telling the ball girl that she wanted to get a foul ball for her mother, Donna Morey of Hatfield, who was at the game, celebrating her 80th birthday.

So after admiring his foul ball for a bit, Jameson walked over to Morey, and gifted her the ball.

"I was so shocked," Morey told CBS News. "I just didn't know what to say. It was unbelievable to me. It really was. And I said, 'Why are you giving it to me?'"

"I thought, she is way older, and she can't come to many more games, and I can go to more, and get many more balls," Jameson said.

Jameson told CBS he was glad Morey accepted his gift, because he's happier without it.

"I will leave feeling really good about myself," Jameson said. "So does it really matter that I left without a ball?"

We're not crying, you're crying.

• A bit of good news for Pirates fans. Hometown hero Don Kelly is staying on as manager. Get the story here.

• The 12th studio album from Berks County native/global pop megastar Taylor Swift has arrived. Whether you’re a fan or you need something to talk about with the Swifites in your life, here’s a crash course on what you need to know about "The Life of a Showgirl."

• From being the only girl in her high school class to go to college, to marrying a man she met on a blind date, to being a 50-year cancer survivor, Frances Betts of Waynesboro, who just turned 100, has lived quite a life. Learn about Pennsylvania’s newest centenarian in this story.

• Erie International Airport is closing down its runway Saturday morning for a fun run to help support the Hamot Health Foundation and the Children’s Care Fund. Get the details here.

We’re big fans of Lehigh Valley With Love here at the Keystone. As its name would suggest, LVWL is a news outlet with a hyper-local focus on all things Lehigh Valley, covering the region through its website, newsletter, social media, and podcast. 

In the latest edition of the podcast, LVWL highlights Lehigh Valley public radio station WDIY, which just celebrated its 30th anniversary—a milestone that arrives as federal funding cuts threaten a significant portion of the station’s budget.

Check out the episode here, and click here to subscribe to the LVWL newsletter.

After seeing his first college football game action, Lycoming College nose tackle Tom Cillo (40) and teammates celebrate a 23-16 win over King's College in an NCAA Division III junior varsity college football game in Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

There’s a made-for-Hollywood story unfolding right now in Williamsport.

Freshman Tom Cillo is suiting up for the Lycoming College football team at age 58.

The father of three made his debut as a member of Lycoming’s junior varsity in a 16-9 victory over King’s College last Sunday. 

So how did Cillo get here? How did a guy who is drawing from his pension and will be eligible for Social Security before he graduates end up leading his Gen Z teammates in an old-school postgame cheer of “Hip Hip Hooray”? How did someone who drives to campus every day in a sedan that might be older than some of his fellow freshmen become an unlikely—if perfect—brand ambassador for a topical pain reliever as part of a NIL deal?

We’ve got the story.

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Thanks for reading. This newsletter was written by Patrick Berkery with stories from Kalena Thomhave, USA Today via Reuters Connect, and Patrick Berkery. It was edited by Paula Solis.

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