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Prepare a Jail Cell For This Woman, Who Wore a Combination Phillies and Mets T-Shirt to the Futures Game (UPDATED)

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Jul 13th, 2026 · 8:57 AM EDT

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H/T to Carlos on Instagram, who witnessed this abomination at the Futures Game on Sunday:

I agree with Carlos. Prison is the only acceptable outcome here. Start warming up a cell at the Curran-Fromhold Correction Facility in Northeast Facility, or perhaps check availabilities at the nearest Russian gulag.

You just don’t do something like this. You don’t put the Phillies and Mets logos on the same shirt. Avert thine eyes from this malignant and craven accouterment! <House of the Dragon voice>

The only excuse that may possibly pass is if you have a family member who plays for both teams, so you do the thing that Brady Quinn’s sister did years ago, and you sew half of an Ohio State jersey together with half of a Notre Dame jersey. That was still diabolical, but it was at least understandable.

So this particular woman here, she better have a good explanation. For what it’s worth, the only Phillies and Mets playing in the futures game were Gage Wood, Wen-Hui Pan, and Ryan Clifford, and there doesn’t seem to be any connection there. Zack Wheeler did play for both the Phils and Mets, so maybe this woman knows Zack. Tim Mayza and Bo Bichette played together for the Blue Jays. Maybe she is is visiting from Toronto. Maybe there’s something legit for this connection, but it’s doubtful.

Guilty until proven innocent!

EDIT – We have confirmed that this is one of the shirts sold at the 2024 London Series, when the Phils played the Mets over there. There was special crossover merch produced for that game, which presumably was watched by some UK neutrals who don’t actually know anything about the teams, or the rivalry. It’s more like a “let’s celebrate baseball, here are the two teams playing” type of thing, so it makes some sense in that regard. But it begs the question of who this woman is… is she a Londoner? Did she watch the 2024 game and decide to fly over here to check out more? We still have questions that remain unanswered.