Chase in action

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Chase in the offseason

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Chase and the F-Word

Remember the stir he caused when he dropped the f-bomb at the All-Star Game in Yankee Stadium? Well, Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies did it again during the celebratory parade in Philadelphia Friday on live television on radio. The All-Star second baseman had news anchor apologizing and the f-bomb police at the FCC scrambling.

After proclaiming “World champions!” at the Phillies’ celebration at Citizens Bank Park, the smiling second baseman leaned into the microphone and inserted a familiar two-syllable profanity between “world” and “champions.”

The crowd loved it, erupting into cheers for several minutes. Local TV and radio stations covering the event live, however, were less amused.

Utley’s utterance was heard on all of them, and the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t take kindly to cursing.

Anchors from NBC10, 6ABC and Fox29 issued on-air apologies almost immediately. CBS3’s came later. Despite having used a tape delay of several seconds, the word made it onto their air.

“The technician hit the button, but missed by a hair,” a station spokeswoman said. “We apologize to our viewers that this aired despite our precautions.” Sister station KYW Newsradio also apologized to its listeners.

New Phillies GM

With the enviable task of repeating as World Series champions ahead of them, the Phillies turned to a former bat boy to take over as their general manager.

Ruben Amaro Jr. signed a three-year contract Monday to become general manager of the Phillies a quarter-century after he was handing lumber to Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton as a starry-eyed teenager.

Amaro just completed his 10th season as assistant Phillies GM and replaces the retiring Pat Gillick, who will remain with the team as an adviser. The team announced the move five days after beating the Tampa Bay Rays its second title in franchise history.

“Pat, you’ve made it a little tough for me, a tough act to follow,” Amaro told Gillick at a news conference.

The 43-year-old Amaro, whose father Ruben Amaro Sr. was a Phillies shortstop from 1960-65 and first base coach for the club, recalled being around Schmidt, reliever Tug Mcgraw and shortstop Larry Bowa as a bat boy from 1980-83—in 1980 the Phillies won the only other championship in their 126-year history.