Chase Utley To Hit Doubles, Cut Emissions

The Oscar for Best Documentary wasn’t the only thing Al Gore picked up for An Inconvenient Truth. No, it’s also picked up the endorsement of one Phillies second baseman Chase Utley!

Yes, that’s right. Utley doesn’t just eat at Morning Glory and score from second on a groundout, he also wants to cut his own emissions and help stop global warming. Indeed! Perhaps based on the fact Jon Lieber has a truck that gets 12 miles to the gallon and has melted six polar ice caps itself, Utley plans on buying a hybrid car and show Lieber and Aaron Rowand (who has a similar humongous car) the movie.

He’s also signed the petition on stopglobalwarming.org:

I’m marching because I know how important it is for all of us to face the reality of global warming. It’s real, it’s a danger and it threatens the well-being of all of us. I love America but I don’t love how wasteful we are. With five percent of the world’s population, we consume twenty-five percent of the planet’s energy. We need to address global warming in a serious and meaningful way. All of us, not just those of us marching, need to take steps NOW to conserve. We need to think outside the corporate box on this - to solar, wind power, hybrids. We need a major shift in our mindset on what makes up the American dream. It’s not two SUV’s in every garage, it’s creating a good and sustainable life for all of us for generations to come. For me, doing so will start with the very first step I take on this march. This is only the beginning.

Awesome. I look forward to fluorescent light bulbs in the Phillies locker room this year.

Marcher: Chase Utley [SGW]
Utley fights for the environment [Phillies.com, 2nd item]
‘Truth’ generates Oscar win [Camden Courier-Post]
Feb. 15: Jon Lieber’s Truck