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May

17

Call ‘Em The Fightin’ Phils

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apologize for missing this yesterday; it’s simply the greatest lead of the year so far, and the second reference to Mike Tyson’s Punch Out! and the Phillies in media reports this season.

Thanks to Todd Zolecki in yesterday’s Inquirer, we have this lead:

MILWAUKEE - Charlie Manuel took more shots to the solar plexus than King Hippo in the video game Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out when the Phillies stumbled to a miserable 9-14 start last month.

And, hey, David Bell kinda looks like Glass Joe, doesn’t he?

Todd Zolecki’s Phillies Report [Inky]
Feb. 24: Charlie Manuel loves him some ‘Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!’
 
dmac | 9:50 AM | 1 Comment
King Hippo, Mike Tyson, Phillies, Video Games
 
  1. Andy Says: May 17 10:17 AM

    Todd Zolecki’s done this before. I emailed him last year after a Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! lead, and he replied he was trying to “keep it real” for the under 30 crowd. Or something like that. Maybe I just hallucinated it.

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