The Kevin McGonigle Fan Club has traveled far and wide to see him play. Now, Delco’s All-Star is coming home

They’ve attended spring training games and Arizona Fall League games and even an All-Star Futures Game. A few Bonner alums flew to San Diego in April for McGonigle’s big-league debut. Nearly 300 people made the trip to see him in Baltimore in May. Some know the shortstop personally, but not all. Yet the Kevin McGonigle Fan Club keeps growing, and on Tuesday night, after years of cross-country travel and hourslong drives, their hometown hero will return to Philadelphia to compete in the 2026 All-Star Game. It’ll be the first time McGonigle plays at Citizens Bank Park. To local supporters, this is almost too good to be true: an athlete who represents them wholeheartedly, on baseball’s biggest stage, mere minutes away. “Everyone is so excited, especially for the Philly aspect,” said Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School math teacher Liz Warren. “Not only is it amazing that it’s his rookie year, but [also] that he gets to come home.”

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