What do you make of this?

by Walcott on Sep 29, 2008 10:35 PM EDT

A certain Washington Nationals fan had a very bad experience at a Phillies game, and, of course, blogged a bit about it:

http://nats320.blogspot.com/2008/09/classless.html

I was, initially, surprised. I've been to many games at Citizens Bank Park and this behavior seems more typical of an Eagles game. There's the obvious drunkenness factor, but I've never heard of it coming to a head like this at a Phillies game.

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What I think is that there’s a certain subset of self-hating Philadelphians who feel the need to “live up to” the reputation of the city’s sports fans.

Is that reputation overblown? Yeah, I think so. I live in New York; the comments on that blog about how fans at Shea are different is, not to mince words, bullshit. You could say the same about Boston or Chicago.

(I doubt it’s true of DC fans, largely because nobody is really from there. But I might be biased; I lived there for two years in grad school and hated the place.)

But that isn’t to say the behavior isn’t real, or that it isn’t repulsive. Of course it is. The lax response of the Philadelphia police at the stadium is particularly despicable.

I hope the bloggers do contact the Philllies front office—who are nothing if not PR-conscious—and get a sympathetic response. It is a great place to see a game, and when the Phils’ fortunes reverse, as they probably will in the not-too-distant future, they’ll really need those out of town fans.

by dajafi on Sep 29, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions

I pretty much agree with dajafi here. I’ve been to a couple of games at Shea and I am nothing if not calm and civil. Some of the stuff I had yelled at me by the staff at Shea would make a sailor blush.

by WholeCamels on Sep 29, 2008 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions