Phillies fan robs bank to pay for gear

[Blue_Tires]

ok, who didn't see this coming??

Phillies fans are known for their diehard, drastic and often drunken support for their team.
Crazed Phanatics paint the team's logo on their lawns or imbibe the same amount of shots as the number on favorite player's jersey.

It doesn't matter. You take one for the team.

But one fan may have taken his devotion a bit too far when police say he robbed a bank and later allegedly funded a shopping spree for Phillies gear with the stolen cash.

About 10 a.m. yesterday, a man, who police did not identify, entered a PNC Bank on Welsh Road near Roosevelt Boulevard and slipped the teller a demand note.

Shortly after, the man, wearing a red and gray hat pulled down over his face and a beige hoodie, fled westbound on Welsh with an undisclosed amount of cash, said a detective from Northeast Detectives.

About 20 minutes later, cops found the suspect, who police have not identified, a few miles away coming out of the Modell's Sporting Goods store at the Roosevelt Mall, Cottman and Bustleton avenues.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/phillies/20081030_Phillies_fan_robs_bank_to_pay_for_gear.html

[edbermac]

1. Well at least there are stripes on the Phillies uniforms.

And P for Prisoner. And as for the ball, well I'm not even going to comment on that. Or how suggestive the P looks if you rotate it 90 degrees clockwise.

[Blue_Tires]

2. that is still the only 'real' phillies uni

and the fact that i wore one like it during my little league days doesn't make me biased in the least...

[KamaAina]

3. Gunfunnit, Victorino!

Crazed Phanatics paint the team's logo on their lawns or imbibe the same amount of shots as the number on favorite player's jersey.

Hawai'i's favorite Phillie



changed his number from 18 to 8 to accommodate a new teammate who wanted 18! Eight?! T-shirt idea: "A Hawai'i player won a World Series after 25 years (Lenn Sakata, '83 Orioles) and all I got was these eight lousy shots!"

Edit: If only he'd emulated the last Hawai'i player to make it to the Series, Benny Agbayani of the 2000 Mets, and worn No. 50 for the 50th State... :beer: