Fleece Blankets Are The New Bobbleheads

With Ryan Howard on the disabled list, it appears Phillies fans — at least those of the female persuasion — are set to move right on over to Chase Utley.

Case in point: The eBay auctions for the Chase Utley fleece given away to women over 14 at yesterday’s Phils game.

Alert reader anonymous reader IMs:

anonymous reader: nb: i really want a chutley blanket to cozy up in, but they are going for FIFTY DOLLARS on ebay

reader: fifty dollars!!!
pwddmac: i’m bloging that
reader: good
reader: i’m pissed!
reader: i want to wrap myself in chutley but i’m not going to whore it out for fifty dollars
reader: i wouldn’t even spend that much for tickets to the game where you got that blankie for free!
reader: seriously
reader: WTF
reader: what is wrong with our culture?

Search: chase utley blanket [eBay]