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It was Cole Yeager, who, according to "The Sporting Blog" on Sportingnews.com, works for a regional sports media company in Philly.
A video on the Web site shows Yeager patiently signing balls, T-shirts and other pricey memoribilia for autograph-starved fans.
And it's not like he tried to entirely dupe them.
Sure he was dressed in a full Phillies uniform, including a cap, but above the No. 16 on the back of his jersey was the name "C. Yeager."
The Phillies have never had a player named
Yeager.
In the video, one woman turned to a male companion and showed him a ball Yeager had just signed. The man mouths the word "Yeager?" followed by an I-have-no-idea-who-he-is shrug.
That didn't stop others from enthusiastically lining up and chatting with the phony Phillie.
Eventually, a police officer escorted him away from the event. It isn't known if he was arrested.
We would like to feel sorry for the duped fans but the way the world is going we have a feeling that a Yeager-signed ball will one day be worth big bucks on eBay.
To link to the video go to the High Cheese blog of Daily News Phillies writer David Murphy at
http://go.philly.com/highcheese.
Major League Soccer player Chase Hilgenbrinck is leaving the New England Revolution to join another group of men united in a common goal. And it's not a rival team.
The 26-year-old defender retired yesterday because, he said, he has a call to become a Roman Catholic priest.
The Bloomington, Ill., native, will attend Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md.
"It's not that I'm ready to leave soccer," Hilgenbrinck told the Associated Press. "I still have a great passion for the game. I wouldn't leave the game for just any other job. I'm moving on for the Lord."
If you're keeping score that's God 1, Soccer 0. *
- Tom Mahon
Send e-mail to highandinside@phillynews.com
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