"Let 'em have it"

I don't know if Philly fans need any encouragement, but this is still a great sound bite from JRoll. Wish I could be at Citizens Bank Park tonight for the game. Go Phils!

Pearl Jam to close the Spectrum down

Well musically, that is. Lot of memories from this place when I was growing up, but I think we'd all agree (at least those who know that the Spectrum isn't just a range of colors) that it's time to say goodbye to this lovable shit hole. It's not as bad as the Vet was in it's final years, but it's not too far off.

Pearl Jam is scheduled for Oct 28th and 30th as part of a short (warmup, I'd assume) tour in support of their upcoming album, Backspacer (Sept 20th). Tickets go on sale tomorrow bitches.

Outta here...

Hells yeah!

[Sportsline]

Rest up boys - you deserve it. World Series begins next Wednesday.

The definition of hustle

I'm almost embarrassed to post this because of its "interesting" quality, but it was a phenominal play by Brian Dawkins on Sunday. I hate to say this for fear of causing a turn in good fortunes, but the Birds and the Phils are playing solid ball.

Rollins = NL MYP

Boo-ya, bitches! Read it here.

And people wonder why Philly fans are so bitter

Last week, The Sporting News came out with their annual "Best Sports Cities" list and after looking it over, I call BULLSHIT! The "expert" Bob Hillie who concocted this list needs to ease up on the wacky tabacky and get back to reality.

#1 went to Detroit and you honestly can't argue with that. I mean the Pistons, Tigers, Red Wings and Wolverines (yes, Ann Arbor was included in the Detroit area) all had good seasons. Hell, they should be at the top, or at least near it, every year.

Philly came in a respectable, but underrated 9th. I don't really have a beef with the list until #'s 7 and 8. Denver? Phoenix?? How can you diss a city in which 20,000 fans attended the 1st day of Eagles training camp last Friday? It made me even happier when I had to scroll down all the way to #83 to see State College, PA - home of the Nittany Lions. I don't think so Bob... no thank you.

The top ten are listed below. You can see the complete list and article (to include suspect ranking criteria) here.

1. Detroit (incl. Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti)
2. New York
3. Dallas-Fort Worth
4. Chicago (incl. Evanston)
5. Los Angeles
6. Boston
7. Denver (incl. Boulder)
8. Phoenix (incl. Tempe)
9. Philadelphia
10. Minneapolis-St. Paul

9,991 and counting

When I tell people that I'm from Philadelphia (regardless of what we're talking about), more times than not I'm told how bad Philadelphia fans are. Mean, nasty, vulgar, disrespectful, and obscene are just some of the words that they use to generalize us. Inevitably, one of two things (and many times both) gets brought up in that conversation - the time that we booed Santa Clause and the fact that the old Veteran's Stadium had a jail in the basement.

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We Philly fans love our sports teams - but we probably love to hate them even more. Just tune into WIP (610AM) for a bit if you happen to be cruising through Philly. You'll never hear more bitching and moaning than you will from the callers (and hosts). Is it like this in other major sports cities? Probably. But we Philly fans do it with a certain panache - one that usually involves a few 4-letter words and that distinctive Philadelphia accent.

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In true Philadelphia fashion, Celebrate10000.com was created to commemorate the 10,000th loss of the Philadelphia Phillies - which according to the website is the first sports team in history to accomplish such a feat. Looks like the Phils are only 9 losses away from the milestone. Thanks to mru for passing this on.