Philly’s big Day
At 1pm eastern the Giants will face the Eagles in a battle for first place. Four hours later the Phillies will take on the Yankees in game 4 of the world series. This has to go down as one of the biggest days in Philadelphia sports history. Philly fans have long been known as some of the rowdiest (to put in nicely) fans in America. This is a fanbase that booed Santa Clause and pelted him with ice balls (the irony here is that the original Santa didn’t show up so they asked a fan to do it), the first every jail in a sports stadium was built in veterans stadium and they cheered as Michael Irvin left the field strapped down in a stretcher. If the Eagles lose at 1pm I would hate to be a Yankee fan in Citizens Bank Park.
Colin Cowherd had an interesting perspective on the Philly fanbase a couple weeks back. His premise was this, Philly has one of the lowest college graduation rates in all the major sports market. Therefore fans are working more hours for less money and put a much greater stock in their teams and are far more bitter when their teams lose. Remember this are Cowherd’s theories not mine. Slightly insulting, but perhaps slightly true? An o for 2 on Sunday and we may get a glimpse of the truth.
