2008 Philadelphia Phillies Season/Playoff Thread (Die Mets Die)

[The BIGSTUD]

No, the Marlins are a better team.

[QB Eagles]

After 47 AB, Cole Hamels is hitting .277.

[BigEd76]

Gotta keep an eye on both teams for now.  And look who the Phils get after the break.....3 at Florida, 3 at New York

[MDS]

SCOREBOARD WATCH IN JEW LIE DAMNIT

[ice grillin you]

I believe there is a 10 day waiting period to recall players from the minors unless a player is placed on the DL.

yeah and thats ten days from last week which is nothing....in fact with the all star break would he even miss a turn

[MDS]

ace batting 2nd in the nl lineup. youd also have to imagine lights out is the closer.

[ice grillin you]

stop calling him ace

[SunMo]

yeah, call him chaser

[MDS]

you two are no longer authority figures to me.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Utleysey?

[PhillyPhreak54]

Zolecki's blog;

Monday, July 14, 2008
What A Tool

I hope this guy doesn't believe in karma.

A guy dressed in full Phillies uniform -- complete with Phillies wristbands! -- showed up at the All-Star Fan Fest in New York and got people to actually hand him memorabilia to sign. This supposedly went on for 15 to 20 minutes before police escorted him out of the building. Note to memorabilia seekers: no player in his right mind would be in full uniform unless he's on the field. Ever. Another note to memorabilia seekers: have a clue who is signing your baseball, jersey, glove, etc. The name on the back of the jersey was C. Yeager, who wore No. 16. There never was a C. Yeager, who played for the Phillies. And every Phillies fan knows J.C. Romero wears No. 16 for the Phillies. As a side note, I think I've seen this guy before. Or at least I saw somebody just like him a couple springs ago in Bradenton, Fla. He showed up along the third-base line dressed in full uniform and players cracked jokes about his attire. Note to fans: no fan in his right mind should dress in a full Phillies uniform, unless he or she is under 10 years old.

Update: phillyblog.com said this guy's name is Cole Yeager. Read more about him here.

He seemed like a nice enough guy in the story, but the guy ruined baseballs and other memorabilia with his autograph because people believed he was a real player. That's pretty pathetic.

An article on the Phillies version of Sean Young;

On a dreary, damp and cold May night Cole Yeager walks through Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia dressed in full uniform, everything from head to toe. The hat? Fitted. His jersey? Customized with his lucky No.16 on the back. His spikes? Painted red to match the stirrups and red pinstriped pants.

Three little kids approach Yeager as he passes through Ashburn Alley. Quickly throwing out a hat, glove and a program for him to sign. The curious group of onlookers soon turns rabid, armed with sharpies and cameras. The impromptu autograph session would last for the better part of the next hour.

"Are you a real player," an old lady, maybe 70, asks the Mike Schmidt wannabe.

"I'm a minor leaguer. Double A. Remember my name because I'll be up in a few years," Yeager responds.

He's correct in telling the woman he's a minor leaguer.... ...in Emerson College's Intramural Whiffleball League, where the college junior hit a buck-seventy last season. Signing autographs for old ladies and little kids is the closest he'll ever come to living out his big league dreams.

Secretly, I'd like to believe that the assembled crowd knows he isn't real. But Yeager isn't a 300-pound fat guy wearing something purchased at Wal-Mart. His 6-foot-3 well-built, athletic frame makes it obvious that he's an athlete. At just 20, he's slightly younger than Jonathan Papelbon and Prince Fielder, two of the best young players in the game. And his costume, ranging from the Authentic Collection turtleneck to the red belt and matching armbands, is as good as it gets. Which makes it hard not to admire how real he looks... even if he can't hit a whiffleball.

"He's like the Phillies' Santa Claus," notes his father, Rich. "People want to believe he's real."

Yeager walks into the team store and is immediately recognized by some of the employees. With the costume, he's both the best customer and a walking billboard. The crowd, now smaller, starts to form around this real-life talking mannequin.

"Here! Stand next to the bobblehead Thome," someone shouts. "Smile!" CLICK.

How did it all start? Yeager going from rabid fan to an almost imaginary figure.

"The jersey was for my 16th birthday," he remembers. "After 9/11, MLB put the American Flag on the back of the jerseys and I really wanted one. That's why 16 is on the back."

He found the pants on eBay for 20 bucks and the idea of building an entire uniform was born. Three years later Yeager had refined his act, eagerly enjoying his cult status at the ballpark, especially with the ladies.

"There was a rain delay on the night Jim Thome hit his 400th homer," he laments. "This was only my second time at the new ballpark so I wanted to get a feel for the place. All of the sudden a whole luxury box of 16- to 18-year-old girls start shouting my name and waiving to me."

The story gets better.

Twenty minutes later he wanders again. This time a man shouts out for him and invites him into his private suite. Turns out the suite was owned by Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Eagles.

"The guys wanted to know what the deal was with the jersey. They offered me free food, snacks, beer, everything," Yeager said.

And better.

The girls, who were previously screaming his name, were in the suite next door. Once they figured out that the look-a-like in the Phillies uniform was feet away, raging hormones took over.

"I was mobbed," he jubilantly says.  "Turns out it was a birthday party and one of the girls invited 19 of her closest friends to the game."

And better.

"One of the guys in the suite was a ticket broker, and he ended up setting my family up with seats for a Rockies-Reds game at Coors Field when we went out there. Oh! And the Phillies won too."

By this time it was clear that the act was a winner. Since then he's continued to wander the stands of Citizens Bank Park periodically on those hot summer nights when he's got a ticket. He says he enjoys the attention, the little kids and being recognized as a hardcore Philly fan.

"Younger and older guys make fun of me," he admits. "But that's because they can't pull it off like I can."

[shorebird]

I never figure out what makes people do that kind of stuff. I'd much rather be in shorts and a tee shirt, drinking beer.

note to Cole:
Younger guys make fun of you becuase your an idiot, wannabe ballplayer.

[Seabiscuit36]

LOL.  Chase gets booed and he says..."BOOO.... farg YOU"

[Rome]

Most awesome thing ever?

[PhillyPhreak54]

 

Awesome, Utley.

I heard that too.

farg New York!