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PHILADELPHIA – Baseball fever has officially taken over Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fans packed the Pennsylvania Convention Center on opening day of MLB All-Star Village, where thousands of visitors explored interactive exhibits, played baseball-themed games, met Phillies legends and celebrated their love for America\u2019s pastime.<\/p>\n Among the biggest attractions was former Phillies star John Kruk, who greeted fans eager for photos and autographs.<\/p>\n For one Bucks County couple, the All-Star festivities are more than just a vacation\u2014they\u2019re the perfect honeymoon.<\/p>\n Nicole and Wes Sheffer planned their newlywed getaway around MLB All-Star Week, saying there was no better place to celebrate after tying the knot.<\/p>\n “We met at the stadium,” Nicole Sheffer said. “He proposed at the stadium and we\u2019re season ticket holders, so of course this is where we want to be.”<\/p>\n “It\u2019s a dream come true,” Wes Sheffer added. “Lifelong baseball. There\u2019s no other place I\u2019d rather be, and we wanted to do it the most Philly way possible.”<\/p>\n The Sheffers even created a custom sign to collect autographs and landed one from Phillies Hall of Famer Steve Carlton.<\/p>\n “Of course it\u2019s romantic,” Nicole said with a smile.<\/p>\n Just a few blocks away from All-Star Village, another unforgettable baseball experience is turning heads.<\/p>\n At the SoSuite at The Ovation in Center City, one lucky fan is living inside a Philadelphia Phillies Phanatic dream.<\/p>\n The apartment has been transformed from floor to ceiling with the iconic green mascot\u2014from Phanatic-themed furniture and carpeting to custom bedroom headboards and even bathroom d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n The unique stay was created by Booking.com as part of an All-Star Week promotion.<\/p>\n Kaeleigh Tylenda won the opportunity to stay there for just $19.78, a tribute to 1978, the year the Phillie Phanatic made his debut.<\/p>\n “When I walked in, I couldn\u2019t believe it,” Tylenda said. “It\u2019s absolutely phenomenal.”<\/p>\n After learning she had won, she immediately called her husband.<\/p>\n “I started crying,” she said. “I called my husband crying on the phone saying, \u2018We\u2019re going to Philly!\u2019”<\/p>\n As part of the prize package, Tylenda also received tickets to marquee All-Star Week events, including the Home Run Derby and the MLB All-Star Game.<\/p>\n For baseball fans visiting Philadelphia this week, it\u2019s a celebration of the game, the city and the memories that come with both.<\/p>\n Philadelphia<\/a>MLB<\/a>Sports<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA – Baseball fever has officially taken over Philadelphia. Fans packed the Pennsylvania Convention Center on opening day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1423,139,539,28,30,29,69,726,593],"class_list":["post-241376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-philadelphia","tag-sports","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}