Joe Gillespie after a night of Homerin’ it up in 2015. Credit: MCSO

Next week kicks off another season for the Charlotte Knights at BB&T Ballpark, and to help us celebrate we’ve brought in a guy whose hijinks at the park have already become urban Uptown legend.

Joe Gillespie, aka the Homer Thief, subject of the most-read story Creative Loafing has ever published, has hooked up with JD Harris, founder of Charlotte-based Glory Days Apparel, to bring the city something they didn’t know they needed for the upcoming baseball season.

Yes, Gillespie is bringing back the mullet-and-mustache combo seen ’round the world, but that ain’t all. You’ll have to wait until Creative Loafing brings you the full story on Monday, but until then, catch up on the legend as it was originally told, and check our guy in the teaser below…

Ryan Pitkin began his journalism career at Creative Loafing as an intern, later becoming the writer of CL's satirical column, The Blotter, and recently became the News Editor. Other publications he has...

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