Prior to tonight's game, there was a bomb scare at Citizens Bank Park [CBS3]:
Fans inside the stadium were evacuated, but players remained on the field during the incident.
Bomb squad members further investigated the packages and determined they were simply several hot dogs in foil wrappers. Sadly, the wieners were detonated as a precaution.
The stadium was reopened at about 5:20 p.m.
"It was clear from when we looked at it at first glance and when you looked at the debris afterwards, there was packaging and duct tape; I don't see many hot dogs sold here with duct tape," Phillies VP of Operations Michael Stiles said. "We just did what we felt was appropriate."
The early word is that longtime BS&S.com reader "MPN" shoved old women and children out of the way as he frantically ran out of the ballpark, ala George Costanza.
In all seriousness though, I have to ask two questions...
...Who has nothing better to do than play a hoax such as this?
...Why weren't the players evacuated as well? Apparently they were all thought to be "replacement level".
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Update: It appears as if it was not a hoax, but an absent-minded Phillie Phanatic.
