Phillies Outfielder Ibanez Makes Routine Plays Look Difficult to Impress Ball Girl
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Kiss Me Kate. Outfielder Raul Ibanez can't resist flashing some leather to impress the effervescent Katelyn.
PHILADELPHIA (Sportsman’s Daily Wire Service) — Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Raul Ibanez may not be a Gold Glove winner, but lately he’s improved his defense. He attributes this to Phillies leftfield ball girl “Katelyn.”
“What can I say? She inspires me with that come-hither stare,” said Ibanez. “And quite frankly, it just makes me fall to pieces. She’ll hit me with a smartly placed lick of the lips as she’s bending over to retrieve an errant foul ball and I’m motivated to crash into the wall for her risking life and limb.”
“I’m not too worried,” said Ibanez’s wife Teryvette shrugging off any notion of serious shenanigans. “He might crash into the wall for Katelyn, but he makes runs to the convenience store at two in the morning for me unless he’s out of town playing the Giants.”
Phillies veteran maintenance man Mike Vogel has seen it all before. (more…)




