Thanks for Four Years of Awesome
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Blogged Around Philly: Farewell Edition
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- From the Department of Bullshit: Major League Baseball has put the kibosh on a Red Bull Flugtag team's bid to fly a vessel that looks like the Phillie Phanatic, citing trademark restrictions. [Philadelphia Daily News]
- Another child was left alone in a car in the Parx Casino parking lot. For those of you keeping score at home, that's the seventh one this summer. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
- Stray bullets from a shootout in West Philadelphia struck a day care center. Fortunately, no one was injured. [CBS 3]
- Looks like the hits will just keep on comin' for Carl Greene. Two more women have accused the embattled PHA director of sexual harassment. [Philadelphia Inquirer]
- The Phillies fought back from a 4-0 deficit and exploded with nine runs in the seventh inning en route to a 12-11 victory over the Rockies. [ESPN]
- If you're going down the shore this weekend, be extra cautious about when and where you go in the water. Hurricane Earl will cause larger-than-normal swells and moderate riptides. [WPVI]
- For those of you staying in the city, the weather will be quite pleasant. It'll be 86° and breezy today, and getting even cooler through the weekend. [AccuWeather]
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