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REMEMBERING RANDALL: The Phillie Phanatic struck again.
This time, the lovable mascot had one of his henchman do the dirty work in a parody of the infamous Randall Simon-Sausage Smacking incident of 2003. Three "hot dogs" raced in a takeoff of Milwaukee's sausage race. The first dog relished his chance to stop and chat with the Phillies ball girls. The next dog wasn't so lucky, nearly whacked out of his bun by a blow to the back with a pink bat - much like when Pittsburgh Pirates' Simon infamously struck one of the Brewers' sausage mascots.
The third hot dog was cooking - the other two could no longer, ahem, ketchup - and appeared on his way to an easy victory. But the Phanatic jumped the dog from behind and wrapped him in a flying tackle. He was cooked and Philadelphia's favorite green mascot pulled away and crossed the finish line first for the win.
The Phanatic soaked up the roars from the crowd. What a hot dog.
It wasn't that simple for Simon five years ago. He earned a three-game suspension.
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