With Gregor "the Mountain" Clegane in Town the Phillies Challenge D-Backs to Trial By Combat

One of the coolest things about being a celebrity is that many of them get invited to hang out with baseball teams before games and take in a little batting practice. What dude has not wished he could hit a few baseballs in a major league park? Friday afternoon the Philadelphia Phillies had a rather large guest at the park--Gregor Clegane, aka, the Mountain (or Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson), from the popular series on HBO Game of Thrones.

A guy his size is bound to be able to crush the heck out of batting practice ball or two, right?

via @phillies

If he can connect that is:

Crushing somebody's head on Game of Thrones is easier than hitting a baseball. The Mountain hacks. pic.twitter.com/9Acr5dYJAk

— Todd Zolecki (@ToddZolecki) May 15, 2015

When the Diamondbacks social media person caught wind of the Mountain being in town he/she decided to have a little fun with it:

.@Phillies We're going to play THAT?

— #VoteDbacks (@Dbacks) May 15, 2015

The Phillies responded back with a suggestion of something they could do instead of playing the game:

.@Dbacks Instead of baseball tonight, trial by combat?

— Phillies (@Phillies) May 15, 2015

The Phillie Fanatic found out the hard way not to mess with the big man.

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In the end the D-Backs might have wished they did go for trial by combat, They lost to the Phillies 4-3.

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