Phillies Nation · Feb 23, 2020
First Look: The new Phillie Phanatic
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The Phillies have made some updates the the Phillie Phanatic. (Gavin Baker/Icon Sportswire)Earlier this week, it was announced that the Philadelphia Phillies have made some modifications to the Phillie Phanatic. Today, those changes have been shown to the public for the first time.
The Phillies purchased the rights to the Phanatic from co-creators Bonnie Erickson and Wayde Harrison in 1984, but could only hold them for 35 years before renegotiating. Erickson and Harrison recently informed the Phillies they want the rights back, but the Phillies filed a lawsuit in response saying that they had made the Phanatic their own through several changes over the past 35 years.