America's Most Miserable Sports Cities (Forbes)

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  • wlgreen379
    wlgreen379 Posts: 104 Member
    Of course ATL is number 1. I'm glad we are finally winning at something. I think our biggest problem is that we are an incredibly large city with a population of no one who was born there. Everyone is from somewhere else and there is no hometown pride. Thrashers leave, Braves and Falcons leave you hanging, and the NBA is pretty much a joke now. At least we have minor league hockey and Arena Football.
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,573 Member
    The booing Santa, or throwing snowballs at Santa, or whatever the story is this week about what Philly fans did to Santa, is an often overbeaten and misunderstood dead horse. The man dressed as Santa came out on to the field and was visibly drunk, so the fans let him hear it.

    I was also at the Phils parade in 2008. 2.5 million people packed two stadiums and all of Broad Street. What a great time that was!

    I went to a Skins/Eagles game at the new stadium. During the tailgate, Eagle fans were knocking around any porta-potty that had a skins fan in it, including children. Cops just stood by and laughed. Miserable city.
  • tuffytuffy1
    tuffytuffy1 Posts: 920 Member
    haha. We aren't miserable..we are passionate! :)

    I don't think that people who aren't from here can really understand it. And we like it that way:-)


    Nothing like Broad Street after a championship.

    I know. We truly love our sports. But if our teams don't win or if you are sloppy, we will boo you cause we expect more of you! It's out of love!

    ^^this...Philly fans aren't monsters...besides have you seen the denizens of the Black Hole in Oakland?? Holy hell those "people" scare me...

    I agree we are insanely passionate about our sports in Philly. But there are definitely some monsters like the dude who puked on the cop's daughter during a game last year or the year before -- on purpose. What a freaking JERK.
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    EVERY team has fans who are just total asshats...not just Philly. But even Philly fans haven't stooped to this level...

    http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/06/15/herm-edewards-blasts-woman-who-stole-baseball-from-little-girl-you-cant-be-the-bully-anymore/
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