Philly Dame

Allan Iverson is coming back to the Sixers, so now’s probably a good time to mention that his favorite book is Green Eggs and Ham.

The Phanatic, meanwhile, muses “I love to check books out from the library that detail the history of baseball. It’s fun to read about how the game has changed since its inception. Players dressed in funny looking uniforms, shared baseball gloves and teams didn’t even have mascots!”

I think it’s worth noting that I have never seen the Philadelphia Phanatic in a library, though he does appear to be the published author of five books, including The Phillie Phanatic’s Moving Day, a poignant tale of his journey from Veteran’s Stadium, across the parking lot, and into Citizen’s Bank Park.

Then there’s this:

Based on the Eagles’ performance this past weekend, I’m pretty sure Andy Reid is holding their playbook.