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***IcyPatriot*** · 05-18-2008, 09:12 PM

Found this gem on a political site ... well writeen I might add ...

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/...s_the_nfl.html

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But in all fairness to Sen. Specter, perhaps we can accept his denial of any motivation connected with one out of thousand of his campaign contributors. The actual root cause of Sen.Specter's mischief making is probably far simpler, adhering to the principle of Occam's Razor. He's just another disgruntled and bitter Philadelphia sports fan fed up with the longest championship draught in sports franchise history of any major American city. Sen. Specter is the perfect yahoo to represent the city suffering the ignominy of being the first professional sports team city in America to lose 10,000 games.

Who other than the fandom in Philadelphia would boo Santa Claus, cheer the Dallas Cowboy's wide receiver Michael Irvin's career ending spinal cord injury and commit such a backlog of lawlessness and rowdyism at Veteran's Stadium to warrant setting up a Municipal Court in the stadium basement on game day. Who but Philly sports fans would charter buses to attend the NFL draft in NY City just to boo the Eagles' selection of quarterback Donovan McNabb -- who finally brought the Eagles to its second Super Bowl appearance in 50 years -- rather than their heartthrob the pot smoking Hamlet wannabe running back Ricky Williams. Who but the Philly faithful would toss handfuls of triple A batteries at baseball outfielder JD Drew because he had the temerity to reject being drafted by the baseball Phillies and play for the St Louis Cardinals instead.

Philly sports fans and Sen. Specter, their unofficial capo-di-capi and regular weekly caller to Philly sports talk radio, reserve their most intense hatred for Boston sports teams. The modern era jealousy started in 1965 when the Celtics John Havlicek stole the ball from the 76ers' Hal Greer in the waning seconds of the 7th game of the Eastern Conference NBA basketball finals. If Sen. Specter had been around then he would have launched a Senate investigation into the sleaze ball tactics of the Celtics' legendary coach Red Auerbach, who would set up the visitors locker room in the Boston Garden so they only had cold water for showers and no heat during the winter. Auerbach rigged dead spots and loose boards in the Garden parkay floor, laid right on top of the permanent ice for the Boston Bruins hockey team and only the Celtics knew how the ball would really bounce.

***jmt57*** · 05-21-2008, 03:25 PM

Auerbach is revered for his gamesmanship.
Belichick is vilified and labeled a cheater.
Just another example of folks using (prior) opinions to shape facts rather than using facts to form opinions.

tuckeverlasting · 05-23-2008, 01:39 AM

i didn't know the garden floor was made of margarine.

DisgruntledTunaFan · 05-31-2008, 03:17 AM

Their fans are also hypocrites-they go from blaming the Pats supposedly cheating them out of a Super Bowl to CHEERING when the Eagles went after Samuels(and they also almost nabbed Colvin, Geno, and Moss).

Pt being that IF the Pats really cheated, then wouldn't logic say Samuels, Colvin, et al actually looked BETTER than what they supposedly really were, especially supposedly getting a head start knowing their opponents' plays?

***jmt57*** · 05-31-2008, 07:16 PM

Here's a great Philadelphia fan site.

***IcyPatriot*** · 05-31-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jmt57

Here's a great Philadelphia fan site.

Thanks for the laugh jmt ... I don't think anyone can imagine their sports hell .

Patsfanin Philly · 06-01-2008, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by F.B.N.

Thanks for the laugh jmt ... I don't think anyone can imagine their sports hell .

And it's so much fun here in the 'burbs of Philly having either a Red Sox or Patriots flag on the front lawn depending on the season..All the transplanted Bostonians and New Yorkers laugh 'at them' rather than with them. Their nightmare is when you have New York teams and Boston teams in championships as in this year's Super Bowl or when their rivals have success as the Celtics this year...... They always have excuses.....

I've seen those PS t-shirts around but never knew what they meant....That's funny and gutsy in some parts of this city....

***PatsFanJess*** · 06-01-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jmt57

Here's a great Philadelphia fan site.

Haha!!! What a great website!!! The saddest thing is that I don't feel sorry for Philly fans! They're truly some of the worst in the country. It was so pathetic how many Eagles fans were rooting FOR THE GIANTS in the SB!THEIR HATED division rival!!! Mind-blowing! I have the days numbered when I'm moving home to Boston.

***Pats Fanatic*** · 06-01-2008, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by F.B.N.

Thanks for the laugh jmt ... I don't think anyone can imagine their sports hell .

Unless your from Cleveland, which is even worse. Last championship was the Browns in 1964.