Philly Local Sports

Why Waste The Time?
Did you ever question how it is possible that you always remain a Philadelphia flyers fan?  Here are ten ideas by the most popular Philly Local Sports Blog.
 
Take a glance at the Philly Fan Misery Index on the Philly Sports Blog to decipher how many years we have suffered since a Phillies World Series Championship, an Eagles Super Bowl triumph, a Hockey Stanley Cup triumph, or a Sixers Championship.  The last one twenty-two yrs. ago.  Heck, 1.4 million Philly sports devotees were not yet born the last season we accepted a national championship.  So why could a person wish to be a fan at any Philadelphia sporting event?  Why would someone want an Allen Iverson jersey or a pigskin signed by Brian Westbrook?
 
Here is a list of 10 possibilities why it can be outstanding being a Philly Sports fan

1. Misery Loves Company - As the old saying says, misery loves company, and as demonstrated by Philadelphia-area athletic franchisees repeated losing, Philadelphia sports fanatics have got a whole lot of misery-and a good deal of company.  This is our city of brotherly love and you can almost always locate some other suffering sports fan to lament with.  Our Sports Radio Station, 610 WIP, is primarily twenty-four hours of defeated fans kvetching about the Philadelphia Phillies or the Eagles.  The hosts, whether they be Howard Eskin, Glen Macnow or Angelo and the morning crew, do their best to give the occasional delusional sports fan a painful dosage of truth.
    
2. Booing - Philly fans enjoy booing and hissing at someone whether he is Charlie Manuel, Terrell Owens or Father Christmas.  I personally delight in it!
    
3. Beer & Food - whether tailgating before a Philadelphia Eagles sporting event or relaxing in the Wachovia spectrum, or in front of Citizens Bank Park, Philly people love to guzzle suds and eat.  This may be a reason why we are always among the plumpest Americans Each year.
    
4. Dallas Cowboy Fans - Sure the Eagles seem unable to win the Super Bowl… EVER.  But recently the Eagles have been repeatedly thrashing the Cowboys.  For some reason, there still exists a microscopic but mouthy crowd of morons who proudly call WIP Sports Radio and exclaim - “this is the year that Dallas will beat the Eagles”. Of course, we rarely hear from them again till the next year after the Eagles stamp out the Cowboys.
    
5. Wing Bowl - the event is held on the Friday leading up to the Super Bowl in the Wachovia Center and takes in more philly fans than a Philadelphia Flyers game.  I personally still cannot figure out why it is that twenty-thousand people arrive to watch a couple of fat people consume heaps of chicken wings but they do.  The plethora of strippers and suds probably assist a tad with drawing a crowd however, huh?
    
6. Hope of a Broad Street Parade - Sure everyone remembers way back in the 70’s when our Flyers won the Stanley Cup and 1 million spectators turned up for the Broad Street Parade, right?  Since 2.7 million Philadelphia area fans were not even born yet-it is likely that they have heard the tales for so many years, it is like they recollect.
    
7. Cheese Steaks - Every top 10 list related to Philly must list Cheesesteaks.  A “yus needa steak wit” is almost as City of Brotherly Love as us never winning a sports championship.  Take a peek at Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid and you will experience another fan of cheese steaks
    
8. The Philadelphia Phanatic - He is bar-none the most incredible team mascot out there.  Fur-covered, harebrained, and not wearing any knickers, he somewhat accurately comprises a major cross-section of the Philadelphia adult male.
    
9. Allen Iverson - delight in him or loathe him, every Philadelphia fan values him on the basketball hoop.  He maneuvers through sprains, twists, gashes, contusions and broken bones, and can excite the crowd.  However, he is even more crazy off of the basketball hoop behaving like the ambassador of the hood.  Iverson is the reverse of Donovan McNabb, who is altogether adored by Eagles lovers, He made a calling from being late for team functions, pouting if he cannot play just about each instant of each sixers game, tangling in trouble with the police, or merely showing up a City Ave. tGI Fridays with his Posse.  He embodies the one Philadelphia athlete that Local fans can not decide whether to like or dislike.
    
10. Breaking The William Penn Curse - Until it is the mid 1980s, no structure in downtown Philly had ever been higher than the William Penn sculpture on top of city hall.  Since the "Gentlemans Agreement" was brushed aside, no Philadelphia team has won a sports championship - it has now been more than 22 yrs..  People discussed the Chicago Cubs curse or the Red Sox curse of the Bambino which was crushed in 2004 but Each of these metropolises had other teams winning Championships.  No curse compares to the torment tolerated by a Philadelphia fan.

Most likely thats the reason that even though we see Philadelphia area fans eliminating their season tickets, calling up The talkshow hosts at WIP, and swearing to God they will never cheer their fave team again that they are here every pre-season prepared to boo once again.