I’m on board with pretty much everything Ryan Howard does — strike out 398 times in two seasons? Eh. Play defense like you have a ping pong paddle where your mitt is supposed to be? No biggie. Wear those hideous Affliction t-shirts when you go out clubbing? Well, that one actually does bother me, but not nearly as much as his endorsement deal with Subway. Especially since him playing in Philadelphia directly relates to this atrocity:

Ry-Ho Wrote This Poem All By Himself | Philadelphia Will Do

I’ve been sitting on this Chase Utley “interview” from the unlistenable Boomer & Carton show for a couple days debating if it was even worth a post.  After some soul-searching (I don’t even know what that means), I decided to embed the audio and let you, the reader, decide for yourselves.

As a little primer for the interview, here are some tid-bits of knowledge you should know:

• Chase Utley is probably the most boring interview ever.
• Boomer & Carton might be the worst sports morning show ever.
• Chase Utley was available for the interview to promote his new endorsement deal with Vaseline.
• Craig Carton used to be employed by 610 WIP, a popular AM sports talk channel on Philadelphia radio.
• While on-air, Craig Carton informed the listening audience that then-Flyer Eric Lindros missed a game because he was hungover from the night before.
• The Philadelphia Flyers disagreed, said he was hurt, then went ahead and sued 610 WIP.
• Craig Carton was fired.

Mmm kay, I think we’re all caught up here.  Let’s go to the tape!

Chase Utley on the Boomer & Carton Show - WFAN (9/15/08)

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Phillies pitcher and receiver of no run support, Cole Hamels, shot a commercial recently with the Jeff D’Ambrosio Auto Group in Downingtown. The self-proclaimed #1 Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep/Mitsubishi/Suzuki dealer on the East Coast stuck him with two radio nobodies, gave him two lines to say, and figured this would have the Dodge Rams flying off the friggin lot. It’s rather stupid and unnecessary, so for Cole’s sake, I hope he got a free car with a powertrain warranty out of the deal.

Enjoy?:

As I made my customary pit stop at Dunkin’ Donuts this morning, I was greeted by a fully uniformed Cole Hamels wearing an awkward blank-red cap; practically begging me to take a sip of his Iced Coffee:

That’s an awfully nice gesture, Hollywood, but I’m more of a piping-hot medium black kinda guy.

I gotta say, I’m very impressed with the products the Phillies choose to co-sign with.  Between this and the Chase Utley Wawa/Tastykake ads, I’m starting to think they’re signing endorsement deals based solely on my buying habits.  I’m onto them already, but if Ryan Howard inks a deal with Taylor Ham, Pat Burrell stars in a Heineken commercial, or Shane Victorino becomes a pro-pot advocate — I’ll know something’s up.

The greatest athlete/product partnership since MJ & Nike continues…

As seen in West Philly.

Photo courtesy of Flickr user Harpo42

Phillies backstop Carlos Ruiz isn’t exactly what you would call “popular” or “marketable,” but that didn’t stop the fine folks at Lincoln to seek him out for voice-over work on their local radio spots. Every couple innings during the Phils broadcast on 1210 WPHT am, a fluent, personable Ruiz pops in and tries to persuade you to drive the car he drives — the 2008 Lincoln MKS MKX . Listen to the embedded audio below the pic.

Carlos Ruiz Lincoln MKX radio spot

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And he has recorded this message in ringtone form:

Chase Utley Tastykake Ringtone

After the jump, the must-have Father’s Day gift of the year.
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So far this year, Brad (Know the) Lidge is truly living up to his “Lights out” moniker.

In 24 appearances, the Phillies closer is 1-0 with 14 saves in as many opportunities, an almost 3-to-1 K/BB ratio, a sub-1.00 ERA, and the most devastating slider you’ve seen since John Smoltz had a full head of hair.

Now he’s taking his closing duty outside the baseball world and into the Nissan dealership in Woodbury, NJ.

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