No, you didn't read that wrong. The Phillies have invited a very special guest to throw out the first pitch before their game against the Brewers tonight: A one-armed, three-wheeled robot named PhillieBot designed recently by a group of University of Pennsylvania engineers. And in related news, the Mets have reportedly already put out their feelers to see what it'd take to get that thing up to Queens ASAP to be their ace. Sigh![via ESPN]
A Robot is Throwing Out the First Pitch For the Phillies Tonight
Don't these guys already have enough arms in their pitching rotation?
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