The incomparable ‘Duk over at Yahoo!’s Big League Stew (pronounced ‘Duck’ as in Howard The and not ‘Duke’ as in of Earl)  has been running a series of fan-aided reviews for each Major League ballpark.  The 4th stadium picked to be judged (but #1 in our hearts) was the georgeous Citizens Bank Park, home of your Fightin’ Phils.

One of the guest-reviewers was Yours Truly, and I’d like to think I dropped some knowledge on fools, yo.

Watch how cool this is as I fulfill one of my lifelong dreams of putting one of my own quotes from someone else’s article into blockquotes on my own site.  Trippy, maan:

“If you’re in the mood for a snack, try the Pennsylvania Dutch Funnel Cake next to Tony Luke’s tucked inside Ashburn Alley. When you take it back to your seat, look for a fan of the opposing team in the row in front of you and blow the powdered sugar all over his or her back.  I guarantee it’ll still be there in the 9th inning.”  - me

And there’s more where that came from!  Go read it, and feel free to leave a comment at BLS complimenting my genius recommendations.

BLS Big Ballpark Review: Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Ballpark | Big League Stew

After the jump, more video of the Pink Ape Man.  This time, he’s dancing on the dugout with the Phillie Phanatic to Naughty By Nature’s newest jam, “Hip Hop Hooray.”  Camerawork by Michael J. Fox…

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The Fightins’ drew first blood against Boston in front of a raucous, sold-out crowd in South Philadelphia last night. A fired-up Phillies team practically put the game away after the 2nd pitch in the bottom of the 1st when defending NL MVP Jimmy Rollins cleansed a Colon fastball deeeep into right field. Three batters later, Ryan Howard hit the first of his two opposite field homers on the night to make it 3-0, and that would be all they needed. Hamels was sharp as usual, the only blemishes being back-to-back solo shots surrendered to Dustin Pedroia & JD Booo in the fifth.

After the jump, some more game notes…

UPDATE: Per request, more pink ape man at the bottom.

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