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As we all recover from the news of Josh Hamilton signing elsewhere, let’s check in on one of our offseason acquisitions: Ben Revere.

Revere rode into Philly today, by plane: 

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He has a press conference at 4 p.m. and will be on Daily News Live at 5 p.m. But first, our new center fielder stopped off for some Philly-style grub at Chickie’s and Pete’s:

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Crab fries. Good call. 

Next up, cheesesteak. Has got to be a cheesesteak. 

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Screen Shot 2012-12-13 at 3.57.10 PM

Cheesesteak. Nice. 

Wait. No.

No complaints on the eatery, but that’s not a cheesesteak. It’s a chicken cheesesteak. With lettuce. And tomato.  

Besides alerting him to every. single. sandwich. place. in the city, the interwebs were quick to point out everything that was wrong with Revere’s order:

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Screen Shot 2012-12-13 at 3.47.51 PM
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Welcome to Philly, Ben. Now just imagine what happens if you drop a fly ball.

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