Philitically Incorrect

Last night I had to babysit my nephews so I didn’t get to see all of the 7-4 loss first hand (I know, great aunts make for bad fans) but I wanted to share something anyway. As we’re hanging out at my sister’s house, her boys start fighting which is a pretty common occurrence. They have testosterone and mutual hatred for each other so sometimes they come to blows. So as they’re brawling I get nervous and decide to intervene, then I try to negotiate and beg, and finally attempt to bribe them to stop until I’m so frustrated that I turn to my husband and yell for his help. Here’s what he says. “Fight nice, boys.” That’s it. That’s how he takes care of it. Now we all know about the Mets/Phils rivalry. It’s widely broadcast not to mention manicured. And why not? As humans we tend to get more motivated to watch an opposition we hate then to admire a team we love. And the media knows that too, that’s why they play off it. It’s helpful in two ways: it gets people to the ballpark and i...

I’m a fan of one of the teams people love to hate and I’m a lover. I have to be, I’m a mom. If there wasn’t estrogen in the world babies wouldn’t be born and baseball greats wouldn’t be raised. Or baseball fans. And one thing’s for certain about Phillies phans. Everything’s about them. Let me show you what I mean. The thing that disgusts me most about Phils phans is they’re phair weather phriends. (Get it?) Well, Phils players might be members of the MLB but they proved they’re Phillies at heart when they swept the Marlins by doing what their own phans do best – kick ‘em when they’re down. And I loved every minute of it. It was nice to see our pitchers aren’t the only ones who melt down. At least we didn’t have to bring in our right fielder to pitch the last inning. But that’s not to say we wouldn’t bring Jayson Werth in to catch especially when, in my own personal opinion, the Phils went downhill when Carlos Ruiz got hurt. I think the Phils deserved it and I’ll tell you why. They sign...