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Ben Revere Comes to Philly, Orders Chicken Cheesesteak Hoagie, Gets Blown Up on Twitter

Kyle Scott

By Kyle Scott

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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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Screen Shot 2012-12-13 at 3.55.27 PM

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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Screen Shot 2012-12-13 at 3.56.43 PM

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
Screen Shot 2012-12-13 at 3.47.51 PM

Welcome to Philly, Ben. Now just imagine what happens if you drop a fly ball.

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Kyle Scott

Kyle Scott is the founder and editor of CrossingBroad.com. He has written for CBS Philly and Philly Voice, and been a panelist or contributor on NBC Sports Philly, FOX 29 and SNY TV, as well as a recurring guest on 97.5 The Fanatic, 94 WIP, 106.7 The Fan and other stations. He has more than 10 years experience running digital media properties and in online advertising and marketing.

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