Call ‘Em The Fightin’ Phils

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!’