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The Phillies' Kyle Kendrick Gets Duped...
Published 2/18/2008 by Maryland Orioles' Fan at Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond
The Phillies fool pitcher Kyle Kendrick into thinking he has been traded to a team in Japan.

Poor Kyle Kendrick
Published 2/18/2008 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
Are they doing anything productive down in Clearwater? First it was t-shirts made up for the entire team to mock a photograph of Pat Burrell and then, as you've probably heard by now, the entire Phillies organization, the Philadelphia sports media, Kyle Kendrick's agent, heck, probably even the Japanese ambassador were in on a practical joke with Kendrick as the target. He was brought into Charlie Manuel's office where he was given the "news" that he was traded to a team in Japan for Kobayashi Iwamura, a completely fictional individual. The participants did a great job pulling off the joke and not letting on. The footage from Comcast Sportsnet, via ...