FOX Philly Got Their Tarp Incidents Mixed Up
Yeah, that was four years ago
Oops.
Here's Thomas Drayton's lead for the 10 o'clock news last night:
Wild weather, from extreme heat to extreme winds, even the Phillies had to step in to help cover the field at Citizens Bank Park during the game, when a severe storm rolled right in.
Uh, no. No they didn't. That video was from four years ago.
CSN aired the old footage during the rain delay, and it seems to have thrown FOX for a loop. Incredibly, editors spliced together footage of Michael Bourn throwing sandbags onto the tarp in Colorado with video of the grounds crew at Citizens Bank Park.
Oy.
Here's a few telling signs that they had the wrong video: Bourn hasn't played for the Phillies since 2007, they were wearing grey jerseys (away), that's not Citizens Bank Park, and the Phillies didn't come out of the dugout last night. But by golly, that rain looks the same everywhere!
The video is after the jump.
H/T to reader Michael for watching FOX
