Gritty Showdown: Phillies Face Off Against Yanks In World Series
STREET BRAWL
Gritty Showdown: Phillies Faces Off Against Yanks In World Series
ALTHOUGH I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE IN A TOWN SATURATED IN MAJOR SPORTS TEAMS (Phillies, Sixers, Flyers, Eagles), I'm a fair-weather fan.
I notice when they're winning and ignore them when they're not. I attended my first game at the ballpark just last year - - free tickets. And, yeah, it's true, the game is more interesting in person, but not much.
But who can ignore the chants of "Repeat, repeat, repeat."
This city, still on a high on last year's Series win, is now bordering on delirium. National League champions again? It's pretty unbelievable. Going up against the YANKEES in the World Series. Who woulda believed it? Everybody seems to be in red, whether it's Phillies gear or not.
My bosses first question at our weekly Tuesday morning meeting yesterday? -- "Who here is a Yankees fan?" One knucklehead raises his hand but he just likes attention.
There are fan Facebook fights. The politicians are betting cheesesteaks against cheesecake. Stores are popping up in previously empty storefronts selling everything Phillies. Modell's and Forman Mills are making a killing.
The front page of yesterday's New York Post shows a Phillie in a skirt and calls them Frillies. How rude.
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s front page headline --""Yankee’s Are The Best For Phils Fans To Hate." It's tabloid sister, The Daily News -- "Red, Hot And Sexy: Women Say the 2009 Phillies Steal Their Hearts."
Every newscast begins and ends with the story. Philly folks are already arriving in New York for Wednesday's opener. Philly newscasters, in head-to-toe red, interview Yankee fans and try to get them to trade their Yankee blue caps for Phillies red.
Yankee fans were talking smack, as if THEY won last year.
One guy said he hopes the Yankees win in Philadelphia. There's no way that can happen. The team has already told fans to be as LOUD as they can be. And Philly sports fans are already loud.
There are a lot of New Yorkers living in Philly but they sure are low-key. We're only an hour away, have lower housing costs and in some neighborhoods, a similar vibe. I haven't seen a Yankee cap in months and pity the fool who wears one now.
On a down note SEPTA is threatening a strike by the end of the week. They've been working without a contract since March and couldn't pick a better time to threaten a shutdown. Many folks from the city and the suburbs take the subway to the Citizens Bank Park stadium. It’s cheaper, easier and hell, it's fun to be with a bunch of folks on the same mission.
A Tommy Bayiokos boasts that "the Yankees are going to make Philly cream cheese out of them."
Here's some advice, New Yawkers: Don't cream in your pants yet.
Forget your Empire state of mind. Philly's ready for the gritty shakedown.
SexyChattyCatty is a regular contributor at CrabbyGolightly.com where she writes frequently on TV, America's favorite snack food.
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