This Philly is more cracked than the Liberty Bell.
A rabid Philadelphia fan — apparently believing the “P” on the team’s cap stands for “prostitution” — was busted yesterday for offering sex in exchange for World Series tickets, police said.
Susan Finkelstein, 43, was nabbed after allegedly soliciting an undercover Bensalem, Pa., cop who answered her innuendo-laced craigslist ad seeking the coveted ducats.
The married Finkelstein posted her ad — with a subject line that read, “DESPERATE BLONDE NEEDS WS TIX (Philadelphia)” — on Monday in the “tickets for sale/wanted” section.
Describing herself as a “Diehard Phillies fan” and “gorgeous tall buxom blonde,” Finkelstein said she was “in desperate need” of two tickets to see the Phillies play the Yankees at Citizens Bank Park.
Then came the zinger: “Price negotiable — I’m the creative type! Maybe we can help each other!”
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The suggestive line caught the attention of a Web-trolling cop, who set up a meeting at a Bucks County bar.
The officer said he had one ticket, but when Finkelstein said she needed two, the cop said his brother might have an extra, Bucks County Public Safety Director Fred Harran told The Post.
“She offered to take care of both men,” Harran said.
Asked what specific activities Finkelstein offered, Harran said, “Let’s just say she wanted to go around the bases the other way.”
The vivacious Finkelstein was cuffed and charged with prostitution, a misdemeanor.
Finkelstein’s lawyer, William J. Brennan, blasted the charge as “ridiculous” and “really offensive.”
“She’s a hooker like I’m a lounge singer,” he told The Post.
“I don’t think a married woman named Mrs. Finkelstein is going to be a prostitute.
“She’s a rabid fan who, if anything, was overcome with Phillies fever.”
Finkelstein and her husband, Jack, are so crazy about the Phillies — who have just two World Series championships to the Yankees’ 26 — that they’ve had their picture taken with the team’s World Series trophy.
Finkelstein’s Facebook “wall” is packed with comments about her “boys,” as she calls the ballplayers — and references to the seats she scored for games as the Phillies moved toward the National League pennant.
Brennan said his client is handling the arrest “remarkably well,” adding, she’ll fight the charges.
“We’re not gonna duck this,” he said.
Meanwhile, by this time next week, Philly Mayor Michael Nutter should be wearing pinstripes in the Big Apple.
Nutter and Mayor Bloomberg took a new twist on the old my-city-beats-your-city bet between World Series contenders — by pledging that the loser will venture to the winner’s hometown donning the opposing team’s jersey.
If all goes well, Nutter should be getting fitted for his Yankee blues sometime after Election Day.
“The defending champs are about to become the former champs,” Bloomberg boasted. “The Yanks will be bringing the World Series title back to where it belongs — New York City.”
The bet between the mayors also involves a good deed — the loser will help out in a public-service project in the winner’s city, sporting the rival team’s jersey, of course.