Could you be a bigger fool? Philly fans have lived and died with this team since the days of Whitey, if not before. Through the great teams of the 70's/80's (Carlton, Bowa, Rose, Schmidt), into the 90's (with Dutch, Lenny, Mitch) and now to this incredible group. During the lean years we're still there, which makes it all the sweeter. History didn't begin in 1991 junior.
phillies have fans? wrote:
so funny, did a phillies fan even exist before September 2008? now it's one of america's "great baseball cities"... "rabid fans"... don't confuse rabid fans for white trash.
Yeah, I hate capitalism too.
Mr. Obvious wrote:
I've been a Phillies fan all my life. I can still name the starting lineup for the 1980 Phillies (only world series winner before last year). They've had some characters come and go through the years (Carlton, Dalton), etc.)
Many huge fans might even be able to spell the players' names correctly.
Hitler was a Yankees fan, think about that for a second.
Scrapple wrote:
Phillies sweep!
doubtful, rube. highly doubtful.
haha, YO wrote:
Hitler was a Yankees fan, think about that for a second.
He was a Christian too but neither of those things are relevant.
phillies have fans? wrote:
i'm sure they're "notorious" for being white trash.... never seen so many diamond earrings on DUDES in my life while sitting in the outfield.... that doesn't mean they know anything about baseball or gave a sh*t about their team while they were sitting at the cellar of the NL East for since the 80's... phillies fans are at the game in the hopes they can get drunk and "celebrate" afterwards, but from my experience they dont know the first thing about the game or its history.
Cellar since the 80's? You do know that they won the world series in 1980 right? This is how they placed in the division every year after series win:
'81: 3rd
'82: 2nd
'83: 1st - went to the world series AGAIN
'84: 4th
'85: 5th
'86: 2nd
'87: 4th
'88: 6th
'89: 6th
Barring the '88 and '89 seasons, I would really call that "sitting at the cellar." Maybe you should learn something about the game and its history.
You're ignorant.
I mean't to write:
"wouldn't call that sitting at the cellar." Typo
The last part wasn't though...you're still ignorant.
Stop seething because your team isn't in the world series. Or better yet, if you're a yankees fan, welcome BACK to the world series...it sure has been a while for a team who basically buys its playoff berth every year.
The AL sucks and is not real baseball.
The Angels will sweep the series.
I hope the Phillies win again simply because the poor people in Filthydelphia have nothing else going for them. Worst three cities in the US-Gary, Indiana/Detroit, Michigan/and Filthydelphia, PA...Ben Franklin would be disgusted at his city of brotherly love.
sucks to be an indians fan. cliff lee vs. c.c. sabthatia in game one of the world sereis. Two cy young pitchers who 18 months ago were sitting together in the indians dugout
at least the people in Cleveland can still walk the streets at nighttime,and daytime too!
the dude abides wrote:
I mean't to write:
"wouldn't call that sitting at the cellar." Typo
The last part wasn't though...you're still ignorant.
Stop seething because your team isn't in the world series. Or better yet, if you're a yankees fan, welcome BACK to the world series...it sure has been a while for a team who basically buys its playoff berth every year.
Newsflash ... every buys their playoff berth. Considering Philly was 3rd in the NL in salary this year ...
Also, I think that he meant after the '90's by "since the '90's".
My family has roots in Philly dating back to the colonial days, so I've always been a Phillies fan. I think the pitchers will match up just fine, but Philly has more total offense, which will ultimately win it for them. They put up huge offensive totals all year without a DH, and have some of the best team chemistry you see anywhere. I think they'll do it again.
Wendell Gee wrote:
Newsflash ... every buys their playoff berth. Considering Philly was 3rd in the NL in salary this year ...
Also, I think that he meant after the '90's by "since the '90's".
Well, you should read his post again, friend. It says "since the 80's." Even if he meant to put "90s" they still went to the world series in '93 and finished all over the board, a few 4th, 5th and 6th place finishes and a few 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes. It's not like they're consistently bad like he's implying.
Also, take a look at the phillies starters (field players, not pitchers - pitchers come and go on every team) for the past 5 years or so. Hasn't really changed much besides bringing guys up from their farm system here and there. The occasional Raul Ibanez and Pedro Feliz isn't like signing CC sabathia to your team. Increasing salaries to keep players isn't the same as offering huge salaries to players for them to sign. (Trades excluded - but thank god for Clif Lee)
haha, YO wrote:
Hitler was a Yankees fan, think about that for a second.
Hitler supported nationalized healthcare, was a vegetarian, was indoctrinated into the minds of very young children, and took away gun ownership rights. Think about that for a second.
themanontherun wrote:
Hitler supported nationalized healthcare, was a vegetarian, was indoctrinated into the minds of very young children, and took away gun ownership rights. Think about that for a second.
Worst of all, he was a Yankees fan!
Any phillies fan who claims that the whole city lived and died with this team is a clown it was only 5 years ago or so when in the midst of playoff race fans at philles games were starting eagles chants. There are some real phillies fans out there but five years ago all anyone in the city cared about was the eagles then the phillies won the world series and everyone jumped on the bandwagon.
that's because the Eagles are the hands down favorite, it's always been that way, since the beginning of sports in philadelphia. If you ever go to phillies games, people are still always doing eagles chants and always wearing eagles/flyers jerseys, they do that at just about any athletic event in philadelphia...or any place where people gather for that matter...athletic or not.
The eagles are by far the favorite, but that doesn't mean the city didn't care about the team.
Nothing is really ever good enough for Philly fans anyway, the athletes know not to take it so personally. So when the fans actually get behind the team, they cherish it. It's not unlike the fans in philly to boo their own team for not winning by enough points/runs either. They booed santa clause at a game for god sakes.