In other hot dog related news, the Philadelphia Bomb Squad successfully detonated three extremely dangerous hot dog bombs after they were called to the Philadelphia Phillies’ ballpark to investigate three suspicious packages outside of the stadium.  The contents of the ’suspicious packages’ were immediately identified when, after exploding into thousands of meaty bits, the smell of freshly cooked Hatfield franks quickly permeated the air; this may very well have been the most expensive BBQ Philly has ever seen.  As a result of his meaty littering, the Philadelphia Phanatic, the mastermind behind the frankfurter bombs, has now been added to the terror watch list.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After a bomb scare at the Philadelphia Phillies’ ballpark, authorities pointed the finger at a fuzzy green suspect - The Phillie Phanatic.

Hours before the Phillies-Atlanta Braves’ game on Wednesday night, a film crew shot a commercial of the mascot shooting heavily wrapped hot dogs from a launcher.

But someone inadvertently left three of the duct taped hot dogs outside the ballpark, sparking security fears. Stadium employees were evacuated and the bomb squad was called in.

Only after the packages were blown up did authorities realize they’d just exploded some sausages.

“We saw something that looked suspicious,” said Michael Stiles, Phillies senior vice president, administration and operations. “We did the right thing. It turned out to be nothing. We could have gone over and picked it up and thrown it in the trash and been done with it. But if we had been wrong, somebody might have lost an arm.”

After the detonation, the game went on as scheduled.

“I’d rather them blow up some hot dogs or some ketchup and mustard and relish than have it be a real bomb,” reliever Chad Durbin said. “Better safe than sorry.”

September 25th, 2008 | Funny, Entertainment, News