Chimneyfish wrote:I'm surprised they weren't all at Citizens Bank. I just read about how the Phillies went from having the seventh worst attendance in the league just in 2005 to having the second best last year with an average increase of 12,000 new fans in attendance each game.
NBA die-hards,
MLB die-hards. Come on Eagles fans- don't let the trend down.
One thing you will find in Philadelphia, of which I myself will most certainly subscribe to, are fans of the city and its sports' teams in general, before they are fans of the sport itself.
In Chicago, you might have a Cubs fan, who is then a fan of baseball in general. A person in Philadelphia, however, might go from baseball to hockey to the draft to an article about why Stefanski needs to go as Sixers GM before he checks the national line on baseball itself.
Citizens Bank Park is undoubtedly why the Phils have ressurrected themselves. We weren't packing it in at The Vet like that before the Phillie Phanatic hit the implosion button. I mean I was there in the 700 Level, watching a whole section be kicked out by billy-clubbed cops for testing the "non-projectile" nature of the new plastic bottles they debuted on Opening Day 2002, just months after the Vet Judge made his appearance. But a lot of these people, like Pukemon for instance, weren't. 5-10 years, if our core group of Rollins, Utley, Howard starts to suck and our minor league prospects don't pan out, I'll still go, but I might have a radio tuned in to Merrill Reese talking about the Eagles while I'm there.
Philadelphia fans might cycle to the team that's giving them their money's worth, but we're a hard-working city and we demand value for our dollar, and I'm sick of hearing about it as a negative. There are shithead fans in every city acting uncouth every day. Remember, Shane Victorino didn't get beer-showered in The Bank last year. The only difference is fans in other cities sit on their hands like little faggots and let their owners dot their eyes whenever they're getting a raw deal. In Philly, that wouldn't happen. Because you're only here because our money pays for us to walk through those turnstiles and in and out of those merchandise booths.
Defensive end? Fuck off, Andy Reid!
