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Phillies Fan Makes a Jersey Out of 3,500 Drink Tabs. Why buy a jersey when you can just make your own? There are a lot of ways to show your love for the Phillies. But this is a new one. This fan (who remains unnamed but goes by the name “Armored Fan” on user-generated news site Reddit) created a medieval-style jersey made out of 3,500 drink tabs. More from BroBible:
“He was inspired by another guy who constructed something similar four years ago. He goes on to say that he made the remarkable jersey while he was on the job during the summer.”
What makes it better? He kept a compilation of photos detailing the entire process on imgur.
Weigh in: what’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done to show your love for a Philly sports team?
-LD
[Buzzfeed, BroBible, Reddit, imgur h/t The20’s @mikeyil]
Photos: Reddit
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DJ Jazzy Jeff Added to Phillies Already Jam-Packed Home Opener Schedule. As if the Phillies home opener wasn’t big enough already, the team announced on Friday that the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff would be joining the festivities as well (outdoors at the block party beginning at 10:30). It is just a part of the scheduled events, which the Phillies officially laid out today. So if you want a minute-by-minute detail of the events, they include:
- 8 a.m.: Majestic Clubhouse Store opens
- 10:35 a.m.: All Gates Open (all fans will receive a 2’x3’ replica of the 2011 NL East Champions Pennant
- 10:35 a.m.: Phillies batting practice
- 11:34 a.m.: Marlins batting practice
- 12:15 p.m.: Line up on 10th Street as the Phillies make their “Leadoff Walk” into the ballpark
- 12:26 p.m.: The Phillies make their grand entrance from a 10th Street Leadoff Walk
- 12:39 p.m.: “America the Beautiful” will be sung by the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Men’s Chorale
- 12:42 p.m.: Marlins introductions
- 12:46 p.m.: Phillies introductions
- 12:52 p.m.: Moment of silence in memory of Jerry Clotheir, Phillies Senior Vice President, Business and Finance, and Andy Musser, Phillies broadcast
- 12:53 p.m.: National anthem sung by the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Men’s Chorale
- Flyover
- 12:56 p.m.: The U.S. Navy Leap Frogs will parachute onto the field, bringing the first ball
- 1:03 p.m.: Ceremonial First Pitch: University of Delaware basketball star Elena Delle Donne
- 1:09 p.m.: Play Ball!
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![At 49, Jamie Moyer Ready to Make Baseball History. Former Phillies pitcher and Souderton, Pa. native Jamie Moyer appeared on the Today Show this morning to talk about his 2012 season with the Colorado Rockies, where he’ll be the starter in the team’s second game Saturday. Perhaps more impressively, a win Saturday would make Moyer the oldest pitcher to win an MLB game (passing former Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Jack Quinn).
“I’m feeling pretty good,’’ Moyer told TODAY on Tuesday. “It’s been a lot of hard work and dedication, but it takes opportunity, and the Rockies have been very gracious in allowing me to have the opportunity this season.’’
Moyer, who will be playing alongside teammates half his age and younger (along with players born after he first pitched in the majors), looks forward to his newest opportunity (Moyer missed all of the 2011 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery).
“I don’t want to say it’s difficult, but it’s different,’’ Moyer said. “I enjoy it though, because it allows me to feel a lot younger. This is what I’ve done my whole life and if I can share the experiences I’ve had in my life with some of these younger guys — it was given to me as a young player — and I think it’s important to give back to the game.’’
Moyer, who won his only World Series ring with the Phillies in 2008, is entering his 25th MLB season.
-LD
[TODAY]
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At 49, Jamie Moyer Ready to Make Baseball History. Former Phillies pitcher and Souderton, Pa. native Jamie Moyer appeared on the Today Show this morning to talk about his 2012 season with the Colorado Rockies, where he’ll be the starter in the team’s second game Saturday. Perhaps more impressively, a win Saturday would make Moyer the oldest pitcher to win an MLB game (passing former Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Jack Quinn).
“I’m feeling pretty good,’’ Moyer told TODAY on Tuesday. “It’s been a lot of hard work and dedication, but it takes opportunity, and the Rockies have been very gracious in allowing me to have the opportunity this season.’’
Moyer, who will be playing alongside teammates half his age and younger (along with players born after he first pitched in the majors), looks forward to his newest opportunity (Moyer missed all of the 2011 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery).
“I don’t want to say it’s difficult, but it’s different,’’ Moyer said. “I enjoy it though, because it allows me to feel a lot younger. This is what I’ve done my whole life and if I can share the experiences I’ve had in my life with some of these younger guys — it was given to me as a young player — and I think it’s important to give back to the game.’’
Moyer, who won his only World Series ring with the Phillies in 2008, is entering his 25th MLB season.
-LD
[TODAY]
Photo: Getty Images
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![Vegas: Phillies Favorites to Win NL and World Series. The season hasn’t officially started, but Vegas sportsbooks are already predicting the Philadelphia Phillies to win it all in 2012. In odds published at VegasInsider.com (and tipped off to us by The20’s @meechone), the Phillies are:
9/2 favorites to win the World Series (the Yankees are second at 6/1)
17/10 favorites to win the National League (Braves and Giants both second at 7/1)
-LD
[VegasInsider.com, @meechone]
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Vegas: Phillies Favorites to Win NL and World Series. The season hasn’t officially started, but Vegas sportsbooks are already predicting the Philadelphia Phillies to win it all in 2012. In odds published at VegasInsider.com (and tipped off to us by The20’s @meechone), the Phillies are:
- 9/2 favorites to win the World Series (the Yankees are second at 6/1)
- 17/10 favorites to win the National League (Braves and Giants both second at 7/1)
-LD
Photo: Getty Images
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![Papelbon: Phillies Fans ‘Know More’ than Red Sox Nation. We have a feeling that Phillies fans are going to like their new closer if he keeps this up. Jonathan Papelbon, the former Red Sox finisher who signed a healthy four-year, $50-million deal with the Phils in the offseason, has already found the way to our hearts: by dissing other cities. And we’re still only in Spring Training.
In an interview with SportsRadio 94WIP this morning, Papelbon compared his old home to his new one:
“The difference between Boston and Philadelphia, the Boston fans are a little bit more hysterical when it comes to the game of baseball. The Philly fans tend to know the game a little better, being in the National League, you know, the way the game is played.”
Maybe a bit indirect, but we get your point Paps and we love it. Why the bad blood? Perhaps it started earlier this week when he was informed by the Dropkick Murphys that his entrance song, “Shipping Up to Boston,” was not to follow him to Philly. Lead singer and bassist Ken Casey told ESPN Music this week that Papelbon cannot use the song now that he pitches for the Phillies.
“That’s not Pap’s song,” Casey said. “That’s the [Red Sox] closer’s song.”
So first, we applaud Papelbon for speaking the truth about Red Sox and Phillies fans. And two, we need a new entrance song for our closer. Any suggestions? Oh, and while you’re at it Jonathan, perhaps you could say a word or two about Washington Nationals fans.
-LD
(Sportsradio 94 WIP, USA Today, MLB.com, h/t The20’s @dhm)
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Papelbon: Phillies Fans ‘Know More’ than Red Sox Nation. We have a feeling that Phillies fans are going to like their new closer if he keeps this up. Jonathan Papelbon, the former Red Sox finisher who signed a healthy four-year, $50-million deal with the Phils in the offseason, has already found the way to our hearts: by dissing other cities. And we’re still only in Spring Training.
In an interview with SportsRadio 94WIP this morning, Papelbon compared his old home to his new one:
“The difference between Boston and Philadelphia, the Boston fans are a little bit more hysterical when it comes to the game of baseball. The Philly fans tend to know the game a little better, being in the National League, you know, the way the game is played.”
Maybe a bit indirect, but we get your point Paps and we love it. Why the bad blood? Perhaps it started earlier this week when he was informed by the Dropkick Murphys that his entrance song, “Shipping Up to Boston,” was not to follow him to Philly. Lead singer and bassist Ken Casey told ESPN Music this week that Papelbon cannot use the song now that he pitches for the Phillies.
“That’s not Pap’s song,” Casey said. “That’s the [Red Sox] closer’s song.”
So first, we applaud Papelbon for speaking the truth about Red Sox and Phillies fans. And two, we need a new entrance song for our closer. Any suggestions? Oh, and while you’re at it Jonathan, perhaps you could say a word or two about Washington Nationals fans.
-LD
(Sportsradio 94 WIP, USA Today, MLB.com, h/t The20’s @dhm)
Photo: Getty Images
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The St. Louis Squirrel Is a “Postseason Legend.” Yes, the squirrel that disrupted the Phillies-Cardinals series is now being immortalized by Cardinals fans and Major League Baseball. First, TBS/FOX created this dramatic video promoting the squirrel as a legend, and then the Cardinals jumped on the bandwagon themselves. From the Huffington Post:
“He has been dubbed the “Rally Squirrel,” and is the breakout star of the postseason — sorry, Nelson Cruz. The Cardinals’ marketing team placed the squirrel front and center when the NLCS shifted to St. Louis on Wednesday night, dubbing it “Rally Squirrel Night” at Busch Stadium and distritbuting commemorative towels to fans as they passed through the turnstiles.”
From MLB.com:
“Joe Abernathy (vice president of stadium operations in St. Louis) said his staff has caught four squirrels, and safely released them into the wild, since Game 4 of the National League Division Series after a squirrel — or squirrels — made appearances on the field during Games 3 and 4.”
Some Cardinals fans made homemade hats with squirrels on them, and of course you can always follow the Rally Squirrel on Twitter: 24,000 followers and counting (no joke). When you barely make it into the playoffs (nice collapse, Atlanta), I guess it makes sense to rally around a critter. Good luck, St. Louis.
-LD
Video via MLB.com
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![Were Phillies Fans Too Quiet Last Night? Jimmy Rollins raised an interesting issue in his post-game tweet following the Phillies 5-4 loss to St. Louis in Game 2 of the National League Division Series, and many fans backed him up (while others fired back). After Albert Pujols hit an RBI single in the 7th inning that would end up as the game-winning run, Phils fans at Citizens Bank Park (the largest crowd in the stadium’s seven-year-history) were a bit more tame than usual, to which Rollins took to Twitter to call them out.
Rollins answered 38 different tweets before signing off Twitter in the wee hours of Monday morning, one of which was a response that defended the fans: “should have no bearing on out crowd! This is the playoffs & they’re at game 4 o the regular season.”
What makes all of this really interesting (and hopefully it’s not the case) is that with Rollins unsigned, it could potentially be his final game in South Philly (if the Cardinals take Games 3 and 4). Quite a way to leave town, don’t you think?
So what do you think, Phils fans: were fans at the game too quiet? Were you there and disagree with J-Roll?
-LD
[@jimmyrollins11, Philthy Stuff]
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Were Phillies Fans Too Quiet Last Night? Jimmy Rollins raised an interesting issue in his post-game tweet following the Phillies 5-4 loss to St. Louis in Game 2 of the National League Division Series, and many fans backed him up (while others fired back). After Albert Pujols hit an RBI single in the 7th inning that would end up as the game-winning run, Phils fans at Citizens Bank Park (the largest crowd in the stadium’s seven-year-history) were a bit more tame than usual, to which Rollins took to Twitter to call them out.
Rollins answered 38 different tweets before signing off Twitter in the wee hours of Monday morning, one of which was a response that defended the fans: “should have no bearing on out crowd! This is the playoffs & they’re at game 4 o the regular season.”
What makes all of this really interesting (and hopefully it’s not the case) is that with Rollins unsigned, it could potentially be his final game in South Philly (if the Cardinals take Games 3 and 4). Quite a way to leave town, don’t you think?
So what do you think, Phils fans: were fans at the game too quiet? Were you there and disagree with J-Roll?
-LD
[@jimmyrollins11, Philthy Stuff]
Photo via Twitter.com
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![Was Wednesday The Best Single Night In MLB History? If you didn’t catch what MLB was billing as “Wild Card Wins-Day,” you missed perhaps one of the greatest single nights in baseball history. The Rays and Cardinals clinched Wild Card berths, while the Braves and Red Sox completed historic collapses (see it all in this simple list with times describing the greatness).
The20’s @bydanielvictor directs us to a story from Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski, to which Victor says “If you like baseball or just good writing, you must read @JoePosnanski on last night’s happenings.” In it, Posnanski describes Wednesday night best in his last three paragraphs (below):
“Baseball, like life, revolves around anticlimax. That’s what you get most of the time. You stand in driver’s license lines, and watch Alfredo Aceves shake off signals, and sit through your children’s swim meets, and see bases-loaded rallies die, and fill up your car’s tires with air, and endure an inning with three pitching changes, a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk.
But then, every now and again, something happens. Something memorable. Something magnificent. Something staggering. Your child wins the race. Your team rallies in the ninth. You get pulled over for speeding. And in that moment — awesome or lousy — you are living something that you will never forget, something that jumps out of the toneless roar of day-to-day life.
The Braves failed to score. Papelbon blew the lead. Longoria homered in the 12th. Elation. Sadness. Mayhem. Champagne. Sleepless fury. Never been a night like it. Funny, if I was trying to explain baseball to someone who had never heard of it, I wouldn’t tell them about Wednesday night. No, it seems to me that Wednesday night isn’t what makes baseball great. It’s all the years you spend waiting for Wednesday night that makes baseball great.”
So did you watch the insanity? Have you ever seen anything quite like it? It’s certainly got us all ready for the postseason to begin!
-LD
[ESPN.com, @bydanielvictor, Sports Illustrated]
Photo: Getty Images](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsaw0qXSDy1qfnxkko1_500.jpg)
Was Wednesday The Best Single Night In MLB History? If you didn’t catch what MLB was billing as “Wild Card Wins-Day,” you missed perhaps one of the greatest single nights in baseball history. The Rays and Cardinals clinched Wild Card berths, while the Braves and Red Sox completed historic collapses (see it all in this simple list with times describing the greatness).
The20’s @bydanielvictor directs us to a story from Sports Illustrated’s Joe Posnanski, to which Victor says “If you like baseball or just good writing, you must read @JoePosnanski on last night’s happenings.” In it, Posnanski describes Wednesday night best in his last three paragraphs (below):
“Baseball, like life, revolves around anticlimax. That’s what you get most of the time. You stand in driver’s license lines, and watch Alfredo Aceves shake off signals, and sit through your children’s swim meets, and see bases-loaded rallies die, and fill up your car’s tires with air, and endure an inning with three pitching changes, a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk.
But then, every now and again, something happens. Something memorable. Something magnificent. Something staggering. Your child wins the race. Your team rallies in the ninth. You get pulled over for speeding. And in that moment — awesome or lousy — you are living something that you will never forget, something that jumps out of the toneless roar of day-to-day life.
The Braves failed to score. Papelbon blew the lead. Longoria homered in the 12th. Elation. Sadness. Mayhem. Champagne. Sleepless fury. Never been a night like it. Funny, if I was trying to explain baseball to someone who had never heard of it, I wouldn’t tell them about Wednesday night. No, it seems to me that Wednesday night isn’t what makes baseball great. It’s all the years you spend waiting for Wednesday night that makes baseball great.”
So did you watch the insanity? Have you ever seen anything quite like it? It’s certainly got us all ready for the postseason to begin!
-LD
[ESPN.com, @bydanielvictor, Sports Illustrated]
Photo: Getty Images
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The joke store called, and they’re running out of Mets.
In Other Baseball News, The Mets Are Still a Joke. Perhaps Philadelphians have been too wrapped in our own season to realize the continued atrociousness of the New York Mets. We let the lead to this morning’s New York Post story kick us off:
“What once held the promise of a respectable season has turned to crud right before manager Terry Collins’ eyes. Don’t look now, but Collins’ crew is seven games below .500 — the same place it was during a game on April 20 when principal owner Fred Wilpon called the Mets a “sh- - -y” team.”
Just as Pennsylvania shut out Louisiana in the Little League World Series last night 10-0, so did the Phillies against their former rivals (if a team 22.5 games back can be called that). Unfortunately for the Mets, there was no mercy rule at Citizens Bank Park, as there was in South Williamsport, Pa.
Regardless, we appreciate the Mets coming into town this week to at least keep us all busy and entertained as the summer winds down. It was a tough weekend for our Phils in D.C. (thanks for nothing, rainy weather) so it’s nice to come home to see Dillon Gee. The20 weighs in:
@gonzoCSN: Feel better about that Nats series now?
@AmyZQuinn: Oh em Gee #phillies
@marclamonthill: PHILLIES MAGIC NUMBER: 29
-LD
[NY Post, Philthy Stuff, @gonzocsn, @AmyZQuinn, @marclamonthill]
