{"id":34351,"date":"2020-04-15T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=34351"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:53:08","slug":"the-phanatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/04\/15\/the-phanatic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Phanatic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/09\/13\/truck-mascots\/truck-mascot-head-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"truck-mascot-head-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?fit=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4202\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/truck-mascot-head-2.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34352\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/04\/15\/the-phanatic\/phanatic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Phanatic.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Phanatic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Phanatic.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Phanatic.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34352\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Phanatic.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Phanatic.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Phanatic.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>Phillie Phanatic<\/em><\/strong> is the official mascot for the Philadelphia Phillies. Although Major League Baseball has been suspended for now, the diehard fans are still out there!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phillie Phanatic is the official mascot for the Philadelphia Phillies. Although Major League Baseball has been suspended for now, the diehard fans are still out there! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,104,2093,757],"tags":[792,4899,4897,4898],"class_list":["post-34351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia","category-photography-2","category-truck-mascots","tag-baseball","tag-mascots","tag-phillip-phonetic","tag-the-phillies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Phanatic.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-8W3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36468,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/08\/31\/truck-mascots-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":34351,"position":0},"title":"Truck Mascots","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, more of a bike mascot - a baseball fan who stopped in the park had the Phillie Phanatic strapped to his handlebars!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Truck Mascots&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Truck Mascots","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/truck-mascots\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BikeMascot.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BikeMascot.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BikeMascot.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24794,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/12\/21\/truck-mascots-the-holiday-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":34351,"position":1},"title":"Truck Mascots &#8211; The Holiday Edition","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"December 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Philadelphia Fire Department gets into the spirit!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Holiday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Holiday","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/holiday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PFD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PFD.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PFD.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23141,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/01\/11\/forlorn-fella-on-a-ford\/","url_meta":{"origin":34351,"position":2},"title":"Forlorn Fella on a Ford","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"January 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Here\u2019s another example of the urban phenomena we refer to as Truck Mascots. Truck Mascots are discarded stuffed animals that are usually lashed to the grills of large industrial trucks although this one is attached to a work van. This little fella is hanging on for dear life traveling on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bear.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Bear.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4206,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/09\/28\/truck-mascots-kermit\/","url_meta":{"origin":34351,"position":3},"title":"Truck Mascots &#8211; Kermit","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another in our series of Truck Mascots. 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