Phillie Phanatic Not A Phan Oph Dogs

Everybody knows the stories about the fans in Philadelphia. From booing Santa Claus to throwing batteries at J.D. Drew, there are a lot of angry people in Philly.

Most of us know also, that our pets tend to take the characteristics of us, their owners. If Phillies mascot, The Phillie Phanatic, didn't know that before yesterday, he's well aware of it now.

The Phillie Phanatic was attacked Saturday morning by 93.3 WMMR DJ and Sixers' PA announcer Matt Cord's dog Scout. Cord was on air covering the line at the Wachovia Center box office, where tickets for The Police, playing this summer at Citizens Bank Park, went on sale, according to the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS.

The Phanatic came outside of the Wachovia Center to start giving stuff away, when the mutt lunged at the lovable green goofball, prompting a man in line to shout that the dog "must be a Mets fan." The Phanatic retreated inside the Wachovia Center until Cord safely put Scout back in his car. Cord says that the dog is great with people and other dogs, and that he can't say why she went after the Phanatic, who was not injured by the canine.

I remember one time as a child I was attacked by a dog that lived down the block from me. Unlike the Phanatic, I didn't run. Nope. I'm a man. I wrestled with the doberman for 15 minutes until finally, after looking into each other's eyes, we realized we had a lot more in common than we ever thought we could. Besides our mutual bloodlust, we both really enjoyed peeing on trees.

We became best friends, his name was Charlie. Charlie and I went to the park together constantly, where I would point out kids he should kill, and he would. It was great fun!

God, I miss Charlie.