The Don of the Phillies

I am rooting for the Giants as is my dad in the NLCS. But I have a soft spot in my heart for the Phillies because of my many relatives who lived most of their lives in the Philadelphia area.

This series is going to be an interesting one because my Uncle Don, my dad’s brother, is the biggest Phillies fan of them all. I wonder what their correspondence will be like during the NLCS.

Now my Uncle Don has had some ups and downs health wise, but I am happy to hear he is doing a lot better now.

I am thinking about you, Uncle Don, and I can’t wait to breakdown the Phillies roster piece by piece and compare them to the 1980 team.

I am no cardiologist, but I always think watching your team in a thrilling October playoff match up is the best thing for your health.

Keep getting better.
And PLAY BALL.

A SULLY BASEBALL VIDEO - Rampaging Phillies

It's always dopey in Philadelphia

I'm going to get the disclaimers out of the way early here.
I like the Phillies. I think they are a cool team made of some good home grown stars and I think the mini pseudo dynasty that they are creating s good for baseball.

And I like a lot of Phillies fans. A lot of my cousins grew up in Delaware and are Phillies fans. I have friends from comedy and TV who are all Philadelphia sports fans and they are good knowledgeable sports fans and very cool.

OK.

I got that out of the way.

Now I can say WHAT THE F***?
Again with another crazy Phillies fans during a game?

Seriously when I heard there was a crazy mishap on the field with a fan, just out of instinct I said "Philadelphia."

I know it is a few bad apples... but seriously how many bad apples are there?

As a Red Sox fan I am glad Philadelphia is taking the title of "Northeastern Fan Base with a New York complex whose fans are bat sh*t crazy" away from us. But between the tazer guy, the dude vomiting on the girl and this guy who looks (and evidently SEES) like Daredevil... it's starting to get harder and harder for Philly fans to defend themselves.

I say embrace it.
Say "Yes! We are a bunch of Cheesesteak eating lunatics and you never know when one of us is going to do something that will be the shame of our parents for all time... assuming that our parents aren't on the field with us."

Why not be like Raider fans? They embraced their idiocy by essentially dressing like the band Gwar.

Own it.

These days that's all the Raiders HAVE.

Look at this guy. He's a grown up. He might even have a job. And he is embracing his stupidity.

Or maybe like the guys who dress up as dogs. Some of those guys are FATHERS.

So if you are going to be thought of as nuts (and you ARE) then why go half way?

Just don't be surprised if you get tazed.