Why?

They did it to raise money and awareness for homeless youth in Philadelphia, as part of the Covenant House “Sleep Out” program.

Eyewitness News did a ‘VO/SOT’ on it this morning, which is fancy industry lingo for “video + sound on tape,” where the anchor reads some copy before cutting to a soundbite:

Here are a couple of photos from John Clark via Phillies VP of Communications Bonnie Clark:

Nice job indeed.