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Phillie Phanatic hilariously confronted Keith Hernandez in the Mets’ booth with a blow-up doll of Keith Hernandez

The Phanatic doesn’t quickly forgive and forget, Keith!

It’s been an interesting past week or so between Mets legend Keith Hernandez and the Philadelphia Phillies.

First, the now-SNY broadcaster said he doesn’t like calling Phillies games because he thinks the team has poor fundamentals. That, of course, understandably angered the city of Philadelphia. A little later, the local Phillies broadcast poked fun at Hernandez with his “seal of approval” any time the Phillies made a solid defensive play.

With the Mets and Hernandez visiting the Philadelphia (-120) on Friday night, you just knew the Phillies would have another stunt ready.

Though I don’t think anyone was ready for the mascot, Phillie Phanatic, to bring a blow-up doll of Hernandez (!) and a fake gold glove (you know, for defense) to confront the broadcaster in the Mets’ booth.

The results were predictably wild:

Oh man, that’s hilarious! Talk about a commitment to a bit. I mean, for the Phanatic, the poor guy might be taking Hernandez’s slights a little more seriously. Kudos to Hernandez for laughing it off and being a good sport after sparking up some tension in this NL East rivalry.

Phillies fans could not be happier with the team’s return to the old Phanatic design

He’s back!!!

Philadelphia Phillies fans’ long national nightmare is over. The one, true Phillie Phanatic has returned.

For those unaware of the plight of Phillies fans over the last year and a half, the team unveiled a new, updated Phanatic design in February 2020. The reasoning? The Phillies organization was embroiled in a copyright lawsuit with the Phanatic’s original creators — Bonnie Erickson and Wayde Harrison — as the mascot’s rights were sold to the team back in 1984.

Due to copyright laws, after 35 years the deal was able to be renegotiated, which caused a stalemate between both sides after Erickson and Harrison threatened to obtain an injunction against the team, to which the Phillies organization sued them in return. However, on Monday, it was reported by Todd Zolecki of MLB.com that the two sides were able to reach a settlement, meaning the original Phanatic is set to return home!

On Tuesday, the Phillies tweeted out a simple, but effective, press release announcing the news, alongside a great meme to usher in the Phanatic’s return.

As expected, Philadelphia fans were overjoyed to see the return of the team’s original mascot. The “new” Phanatic redesign did not go over well with the Philadelphia faithful, to say the least, but all is well now that the prodigal son has returned.

Phillie Phanatic destroyed a Yankees helmet, and Giancarlo Stanton was not impressed

The Phillie Phanatic strikes again.

The Phillie Phanatic is unquestionably one of the wilder mascots, and it was even recently voted the most obnoxious mascot in Major League Baseball. And to be fair, it’s been known to mess with opposing players and coaches, play practical jokes and, in 2020 when fans couldn’t attend games, it had some fun with cardboard cutouts in the stands.

It should come as no surprise that the Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot isn’t a huge fan of the New York Yankees, and the Phanatic made that clear Saturday during the first matchup in a two-game weekend series at Citizens Bank Park.

After the fifth inning, the Phillie Phanatic took the field looking stylish in a tuxedo — presumably dressed as Frank Sinatra — while New York, New York played at the ballpark.

And after riling up the Phillies fan base, it absolutely destroyed a Yankees helmet.

Yes, New York superstar Giancarlo Stanton was not impressed by the Phanatics’ antics, but a lot of baseball fans (who don’t root for the Yankees) loved it.

Forget the final score; the real winner Saturday was obviously the Phanatic.

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