ONE PHILLIES doubleheader + one rain delay + six extra innings + one controversial court verdict = one fierce fireworks kerfuffle early yesterday morning.
The Xfinity Fireworks Show lit up South Philadelphia skies about 1 a.m., the latest - or earliest? - such celebration many stadium neighbors could remember.
Meanwhile, aghast newsies from Philadelphia and beyond who heard fireworks - those in South Philly and elsewhere - assumed they were sent into the skies by racists celebrating the Saturday-night verdict in Florida's George Zimmerman case.
"People were afraid a guilty verdict would have resulted in riots. Thank god #Zimmerman's verdict only resulted in white pride fireworks," tweeted Sana Saeed, a senior editor at Islawmix, a project of Harvard Law's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
Philly.com...Late - or very early - Phillies fireworks confuse neighbors
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