{"id":732485,"date":"2026-06-22T09:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/732485\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T09:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T09:09:17","slug":"phillies-fan-pulls-the-least-subtle-switcheroo-with-mets-home-run-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/732485\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies fan pulls the least subtle switcheroo with Mets home run ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fan in a Bryce Harper<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-athlete=\"10001365\" data-name=\"Bryce Harper\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Bryce Harper\"><\/a> jersey did not even try to hide his home run switcheroo during Sunday\u2019s Philadelphia Phillies<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-team=\"10000012\" data-name=\"Philadelphia Phillies\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Philadelphia Phillies\"><\/a>-New York Mets<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-team=\"10000018\" data-name=\"New York Mets\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"New York Mets\"><\/a> game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mets batter Carson Benge<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-athlete=\"10017531\" data-name=\"Carson Benge\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Carson Benge\"><\/a> gave his team their first run off a solo shot to left field at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pa. The fan was the first to dig it out after Benge\u2019s home run ball fell into the seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The youngster was fully aware of the protocol \u2014 he was supposed to throw the ball back onto the field. After walking back to his seat, the kid took out a different ball from his bag and threw that one into the left-field grass.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Phillies fan got caught red-handed throwing back a fake home run ball <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/58YL0RrTNN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/58YL0RrTNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JomboyMedia\/status\/2068853162941747561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 22, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crime against Phillies fandom was caught on camera. The team broadcast humorously shamed the kid for his misdeed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The kid was far from the first fan to pull the \u2018ol switcheroo to keep a piece of game memorabilia. But veteran fans know how to be much more discreet about it, just like the <a href=\"https:\/\/larrybrownsports.com\/baseball\/dodgers-fan-home-run-switcheroo-manny-machado\/631623\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Dodgers fan who deked everybody<\/a><a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-team=\"10000001\" data-name=\"Los Angeles Dodgers\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Los Angeles Dodgers\"><\/a> in his section with a hidden ball trick to keep a Manny Machado<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-athlete=\"10000129\" data-name=\"Manny Machado\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Manny Machado\"><\/a> home run ball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Harper fan\u2019s infraction did not cost the team any karma points with the baseball gods. The Phillies rode a stellar start from Zack Wheeler<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-athlete=\"10000807\" data-name=\"Zack Wheeler\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Zack Wheeler\"><\/a> to a 6-2 win over the Mets.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fan in a Bryce Harper jersey did not even try to hide his home run switcheroo during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397],"tags":[5,4,144,25,4216,40,37762],"class_list":["post-732485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-phillies","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-philadelphiaphillies","tag-phillies","tag-phillies-fans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116792981151401008","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}