Comments on: Before I Root for Philadelphia

By: Jessep

Jessep — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:27:22 +0000

You put my sarcasm much more poetically. Nice job. May I also add, “Hell yeah!”

By: Vincent C. Polito

Vincent C. Polito — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:41:05 +0000

C’mon son! I don’t think that being a Met fan defines who I hate or don’t hate. In fact I think being a fan is all about the love. My love for Mets is a peaceful non hating one being a New Yorker and related to NY Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers fans back in the day. However, being a Met Fan here in Philly Land ( i currently reside in Old City in KillaDelphia) I can never forgive natives here for the classless and merciless harassment I have received for simply liking my team. As a Mets fan I remember that we were founded and immediately terrible. In 1962 the Mets had the worst season in the MLB. Yet, people were still fans. Gil’s Mets made being at the park fun. Some who are old enough to remember remain fans. I will never be a Yankee fan. That is my blood will never run will pin stripes and blue. I don’t get choked up over going to the Bronx. I bleed Orange and Blue. I get chills when I see the Worlds Fair grounds and I have people in Queens. Yet as much as the ever so arrogant Yankee fans can be, I will never root for a team whose fans think that baseball is bloodsport. Where anyone not born in the town is an ‘outsider.’ Where the legacy for baseball is racism and some argue the source of ‘the worst treatment of Jackie Robinson in the MLB.”Dick Allen, the Phillies, and Racism” by William C. Kashatus
Baseball should be a family game. Remember as well, the Yankess above it all are a NY Team. As a New Yorker there are no real out of town rivalries. There is no greater city in America. If one NY team can’t beat em,’ let’s hope the other one can. Don’t hate the Yankees. Be a Mets fan. Root for the team who can beat the Frillies. Root, root, root for your home team. If they don’t win it’s a shame. C’mon Yankees, kill ‘em.

By: mary

mary — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:46:19 +0000

ha ha! this is awesome. Go yankees?

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:40 +0000

Are you saying we should all be building arks now?

By: Bill B.

Bill B. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:25:32 +0000

Let’s all just root for a double forfeit where they both lose or a rain out until February that cancels the World Series.

By: METS62FAN

METS62FAN — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:36:21 +0000

SCHAD… DON’T ROOT FOR EITHER, ROOT AGAINST PHILLIES! IT’S SIMPLE. INASTEAD OF GO NYY! OR GO PHILLIES! TRY PHILLIES’ SUCK!

By: dogman

dogman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:14:11 +0000

what a total waste of space. get a flippin’ life already.

By: Jessep

Jessep — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:05:06 +0000

No, I wasn’t around then… but my “hatred” for the Yanks was only really born in 1998 I’d say. I mean growing up a Mets fan in the 80’s I barely knew the Yankees existed to be honest. I don’t see how any real baseball fan could have hated the 96 Yankees. Sure, after they won and the bandwagon began to roll away is when the re-birth of hatred occured, but that was a team that if you’re being honest, there was no reason to “hate.”

I’ve disliked Philly sports teams for as long as I can remember. So it doesn’t really matter to me if it’s the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, Temple University, or even the Sixers. Heck, I don’t even follow the NBA but I don’t like the Sixers.

By: Jim B

Jim B — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:05:52 +0000

I dont think Met fans as a whole can all root for one team or the other, we all have our own personal reasons for rooting for either the yanks or phils….I live in north jersey and am surrounded by yankee fans and my grandfather lived in south jersey and was a huge phillies fan……so i hope the yanks get embarrassed

By: papi

papi — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:04:03 +0000

DUDE WTF is wrong with you???

you would actually root for global warming and unemployment to go up than root for the phillies???? i mean yeah i hate the phils too but dam you’re taking it way too far there…oh and HOW DARE YOU ROOT FOR THE HUNTER IN BAMBI? lol…