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Head to Phillie Phanatic Costume Missing
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| Mon Feb 9, 3:55 PM ET
Posted on 02/10/2004 8:03:29 AM PST by martin_fierro
Head to Phillie Phanatic Costume Missing
Mon Feb 9, 3:55 PM ET
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Phillies' green furry mascot has completely lost his head.
On Friday, the Phillie Phanatic's noggin vanished from the Wachovia Center during the Phillies' Final Pieces charity sale and auction of mementos from now-shuttered Veterans Stadium.
Tom Burgoyne shed the getup during a break and made the grim discovery when he returned to the unlocked makeshift changing room off the arena's concourse.
"The head was gone," he said.
A security videotape showed no sign of the headnapper.
"I didn't do it," general manager Ed Wade told the Philadelphia Daily News.
Burgoyne has a backup costume, but he is hoping for the return of the $3,000 head.
Phillies spokesman Larry Shenk said Monday that the team had not determined whether a reward would be offered for the safe return of the head. There were no leads in the theft, he said.
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: baseball; head; phanatic; phillie
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:04:49 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Shhh. Navel contemplation in progress)
To: martin_fierro
are you insinuating that the oval ofc should be searched?
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:07:21 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
I suppose you have an alibi.
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:14:17 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Shhh. Navel contemplation in progress)
To: martin_fierro; Temple Owl; Tribune7; Dr. Scarpetta
That's the least of their problems. The new stadium is scheduled to open in mid April and they're no where near where they should be. The wrong size steel was ordered for several major supports and the welders have been working around the clock to get it fixed. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh have already been contacted and told they may need to be ready for an unscheduled road game.
Still according to Dave Montgomery "The stadium only looks like it's not near completion from the outside... or from above if you fly over in a helecopter."
Owl_Eagle
”Guns Before Butter.”
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:14:52 AM PST
by
End Times Sentinel
(“Before going out drinking, always tape a handcuff key to the inside of your watch band.”)
To: martin_fierro
ironclad. green is really NOT my color... : )
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:15:15 AM PST
by
xsmommy
To: martin_fierro
To: Charles Henrickson
File this story under "Philly Cheese."
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:51:01 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Shhh. Navel contemplation in progress)
To: Charles Henrickson
Or perhaps
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:53:21 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Shhh. Navel contemplation in progress)
To: martin_fierro
Those ingredients differ from the "street term"...
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posted on
02/10/2004 8:57:11 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Some days you're the windshield; some days you're the bug)
To: martin_fierro
At last it wasn't the head of the Phrenetic Phallus...
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:18:36 AM PST
by
mikrofon
To: martin_fierro
That's so sad. Hey - I hear
this guy's looking for a gig:
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:24:06 AM PST
by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(BUSH IN '04: Because we want to outlive Osama Bin Laden.)
To: martin_fierro
$3,000 Head??????
Hmmmmmm......Seems a bit pricey to me!
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:52:08 AM PST
by
blackdog
(Democrat Party? Democratic Party? Democrat Candidate? Democratic Candidate? Wassup wit dat?)
To: martin_fierro; Cagey; Larry Lucido
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