Photo: Macy's ad that appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer/ Courtesy of Myfoxphilly.com
Posted: Monday, 02 November 2009 1:30PM
Philly Paper Gets Ahead of Itself on World Series 'Victory'
PHILADELPHIA (AP/1010 WINS) -- A Philadelphia newspaper has apologized to readers for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles.
The Yankees held a commanding 3-1 lead in the championship as of Monday, the day the ad was printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The three-quarter-page Macy's ad is on the back of the front section and features a T-shirt with the Phillies logo, the commissioner's trophy and the phrase "Back To Back World Series Champions.''
The Inquirer released a message to readers saying the paper deeply regrets the error.
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11/02/2009 1:48PM
Sound Off: Philly Paper Gets Ahead of Itself
The Philadelphia Inquirer has apologized for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Phillies on winning back-to-back World Series titles. Share your thoughts comments here.
11/02/2009 2:05PM
silly phillies
bad kharma!!!
11/02/2009 2:07PM
ed
no philly team is worth while.
11/02/2009 2:08PM
ed
who ever did this should be fired. maybe it's obama
11/02/2009 2:29PM
traitor Macy's!
Now, shouldn't this be a reason to boycott Macy's?!
11/02/2009 2:53PM
Eddy
Hey ed you're a moron
11/02/2009 3:07PM
apology
They should apologize to New Yorkers, not their own readers.
11/02/2009 3:42PM
Philly Fan
They can reprint on Thursday
11/02/2009 3:48PM
They are the worst.
I agree with apology, they owe us New Yorkers an apology for being so sarcastic and morons. Go Yankees, finish them tonight.
11/02/2009 3:53PM
Sound Off: Philly Paper Gets Ahead of Itself
Ed You are a Bonehead Idiot
11/02/2009 4:00PM
robert0259
mistake, my azzz! Go Yankees!
11/02/2009 4:04PM
Dewey Defeats Truman!
anyone remember that?
11/02/2009 4:13PM
bongo
i love the phillyfan comment....
11/02/2009 4:14PM
met fan
why the hate?
11/02/2009 4:16PM
and dewey pitched for who?
???
11/02/2009 4:21PM
NY Yankee
They can give those shirts to the homeless in Philly
11/02/2009 4:26PM
Typical
To the guy who said they can reprint on Thursday, Philly can't possibly win until Thursday night at the earliest. Do the math. Do we get to face your minor leaguers again? Hamels and Blanton? LOL
11/02/2009 4:27PM
bad mistake
How did this happen- It's not over till it's over.
11/02/2009 4:32PM
Ground Beef them tonight!
Go Yankees!!!
11/02/2009 4:42PM
NY Teamz smash dreamz
I'll buy one and hang it up next to my 19-0 Patriots shirt LOL stupid Philthy fans
11/02/2009 4:51PM
Smarty pant
hey ed, maybe it was your stupis azz mama that ran the ad
11/02/2009 4:58PM
Phillyfan bonehead
Sure reprint it on Thursday. I'm sure a game 7 wouldn't end until after midnight Friday morning, but OK it still works for me.
11/02/2009 5:03PM
HEY I'M ED
Hey i'm Ed, im not an idiot though..lol
11/02/2009 6:00PM
Yankee Fan in Queens
Hey Phillies! Welcome to Fantasy Island!
11/02/2009 8:13PM
Freudian Slip
Nice jinx! Go Yanks!
11/02/2009 8:50PM
stj
phily will win
11/02/2009 8:51PM
And if the world ended tomorrow.....
Who the hell cares. People forget its just a game. There are bigger things going on in the world. Get over it.
11/02/2009 10:07PM
Yankees all the way...
Go Yankees! 27th World Series crown!
11/02/2009 11:11PM
see-through
This obviously was all planned. Imagine all the copies that are sold. See all the attention that the paper got. No advertising can achieve so much attention for so little price. Everything nowadays is done for the attention.
11/03/2009 9:32AM
all was planned
This was all planned to get attention and to sell copies that no advertising would have done...
11/03/2009 10:47AM
okthen
it will be front page friday and yes they willl print it thursday night before the games even over. The other add that has the phillies losing wont make it since the phillies are going to win out.
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