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Why Waste The Time?
Have you ever begun to think about why it is that you can possibly still are a Philly flyers sports fan? The following are 10 theories courtesy of the best Philly Local Sports Blog.
Take a glance at the Philly Fan Misery Index at the Philadelphia Sports Blog to marvel at how many seasons we have been tortured since a Phillies World Series Championship, an Eagles Super Bowl victory, a Flyers Stanley Cup triumph, or a Sixers Championship. The most recent is 22 yrs. ago. Shucks, 1.4 million Philadelphia sports fanatics were not even born the last season we received a national championship. So why in the world could anybody desire to be a spectator at a Philadelphia event? Why would people want an Allen Iverson jersey or a football autographed by T.O.?
Here is a listing of 10 rationalities why it can be wonderful living as a Philly Sports fan
- Misery Loves Company - As the ancient saying proports, misery does love company, and as testified by Philadelphia athletic franchisees perennial disasters, Philly people sure do have plenty of misery-and a whole lot of company. This is our city of brotherly love and you can easily locate some other low-down spectator to sympathize with. Our Sports Radio Station, W.I.P., is generally 24 constant hours of discouraged listeners kvetching about the Philadelphia Phillies or the Eagles. The show hosts, whether they are Howard Eskin, Glen Macnow or Angelo and the morning crew, spend their time giving the incidental starry-eyed sports fan a terrible dose of reality.
- Booing - Philly fans adore booing and hissing at someone whether it is Charlie Manuel, Terrell Owens or Santa Claus. We all love it!
- Beer & Food - whether you enjoy tailgating before a Philadelphia Eagles sporting event or relaxing in the Wachovia spectrum, or outside of Citizens Bank Park, Philly people love to chug beer and cheesesteaks. This might be the reason why it always seems we are among the chubbiest Americans every season.
- Dallas Cowboy Fans - Sure the Eagles have not won the Super Bowl. EVER. But lately We have been habitually thrashing the Dallas Cowboys. For some unknown reason, there still exists a microscopic but outspoken crowd of half-wits who with pride call up WIP Sports Radio and predicate - "this is the year that Dallas will beat the Eagles". Of course, we never hear from them again till the next year after the Eagles obliterate the Cowboys.
- Wing Bowl - this event is held on the Friday leading up to the Super Bowl in the Wachovia Center and pulls in more philly fans than a Philadelphia Flyers game. The people still cannot figure out how come twenty-thousand spectators arrive to view a couple of people swallow scores of hot wings but they seem to. The superfluity of naked women and suds probably help a trifle with getting people down there though, aye?
- Hope of a Broad Street Parade - Of course all of us recollects way back in the 70's when the Flyers won the Stanley Cup and one million folks turned up for the Broad Street Parade, right? Since 2.7 million Philly sports fans were not even born yet-it is probable that they have listened to the tales for so many years, it is almost like they recollect.
- Cheese Steaks - Every top 10 list linked to Philly has to list Cheesesteaks. A "yus want a steak wit" is almost as City of Brotherly Love as us never winning a title. Take a peek at Eagles coach Andy Reid and you will look at another fan of cheese steaks
- The Philadelphia Phanatic - That green goofball is the finest team mascot of all time. Hairy, insane, and not wearing any pants, he somewhat accurately represents a major cross-section of the Classic Philly male.
- Allen Iverson - adore him or hate him, each Philly fan prizes him on the goal line. He plays through pulls, twists, cuts, bruises and breaks, and can energize his team. However, he is maybe even just a little more interesting off the court behaving like the representative of da hood. Iverson is the opposite of Donovan McNabb, who is always loved by Eagles devotees, Allen makes a calling from dropping drills, sulking if he is not allowed to play literally every second of each sixers game, tangling in problems with the law, or merely turning up a City Ave. eatery with his Mommy. He is called the one Basketball stars that Local fans can not decide whether to like or dislike.
- Erasing The William Penn Curse - Prior to the mid 1980s, no building in downtown Philly had ever been built taller than the William Penn sculpture on top of city hall. Since the "Gentlemans Agreement" was flushed, no Philadelphia team has captured a national championship - it has now been just a little more than 22 long years. People spoke of the Cubbies curse or the Red Sox curse that was crushed in 2004 but Both of these metropolises had different teams bringing home Championships. No curse comes close to the torture survived by a Philadelphia fan.
Probably thats the reason that even with Philadelphia fans eliminating season season tickets, contacting The talkshow hosts at WIP, and swearing to God they should never patronize their fave team again that they are here every pre-season anything but unprepared to boo once again. |
