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Jersey Shore BruceClaws: Phillies’ Minor League Affiliate Honoring Bruce Springsteen With Name Change, Jerseys

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Bruce Springsteen has been making music for six decades and has 20 Grammy awards. So, how do you honor an all-time legend who has seen and done it all? Well, a local baseball team continues to accept the challenge.

This Saturday, the Jersey Shore BlueClaws are changing their name. The Phillies’ Single A affiliate will become … the BruceClaws.

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“Saturday night is Bruce Springsteen Appreciation Night, affectionately known as BruceClaws Night. So the BlueClaws become the BruceClaws for one night,” Greg Giombarrese, with the BlueClaws, said.

Giombarrese met CBS3’s Pat Gallen at a location Bruce knows well — the Wells Fargo Center.