Video shows young boy with beer bottle at Phillies game

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Not a month goes by without a Philadelphia Phillies fan being involved in some sort of incident that draws negative attention nationally.

In April, a drunken fan intentionally vomited on a man and his 11-year-old daughter. In May, police used a Taser to stop a teenager who ran onto the field.

And now, there is video from a Philadelphia Phillies broadcast showing a boy, who looks to be about 4, in the stands apparently taking a swig from a beer bottle at Sunday’s Phillies-Padres game is causing a stir on local and national blogs.

Phillies spokeswoman Bonnie Clark said the team has not been able to identify the child or the adults next to him. She said it appears to be ‘a very brief event, probably involving an empty bottle.’

Neither the Philadelphia police nor the city’s child-welfare agency said it was investigating the incident.

-- Chuck Schilken

The Associated Press contributed to this report.