Some tweets coming in from Giants players after the game:
"I've never seen some many middle fingers lol I love it." - Justin Tuck
"Guy in a Deuce Staley jersey just launched a water bottle 40 yards and hit the bus dead on. Good throw. Poor judgment #Y_PO_LargeAngryMen" - Mark Herzlich
"Wow. We just had a 7 maybe 8 year old. Throw a beer at the bus. #greatparents. Not" - Justin Tuck
"Getting cursed @, bottles thrown at our buses, and middle fingers by kids, teens, adults, elders. Philly fans are the best! #NYG Stand UP!" - Spencer Paysinger
"Thanks for the hospitality Philly. #shoutout to the 4 year old that flipped me off today. Bigger shoutout to the kids dad who allowed it." - Tyler Sash
Giants were just playing with more motivation. A bunch of Giants were talking this week about how pissed they were, how they wanted revenge for Philly beating them last year. They really wanted this game. Philly fans being little b****es after we stuck it to them makes it even sweeter.
Neither does New York, so don't bring this up. And yes, the California sports cities are rapidly rising up the ranks. But Philadelphia is #1 in American sport hooliganism and it cannot be contested.
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From: GaryOak151 | #028 i see scmidt shirseys all the time
i see very few legit mlb jersies though of any era
because seriously who wears those
Most teams fans from most sports towns? I see tons of Mets and Yankees jerseys from all eras. Can't say too much of any city not NY or Philly though, I'm just assuming, but I have seen it for both NY baseball teams.
I see Eagles/Flyers jerseys all the time i own flyers/76ers jerseys. but all i have is phillies t-shirts and i feel like most philly people are teh same
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"The vast majority of fans act well at games, act well outside of games. And are cordial with opposing fans, but it's a select group of knuckleheads that take it a little too far and then give the whole city of Philadelphia a bad name," said Hank Clarke II.
^that though
seriously most fans from most cities are normal people most cities have one or two prices of crap to mess it up for everyone else to act like philly has way more is disingenuous
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From: GaryOak151 | #037 seriously most fans from most cities are normal people most cities have one or two prices of crap to mess it up for everyone else to act like philly has way more is disingenuous
From: GaryOak151 | #032 I see Eagles/Flyers jerseys all the time i own flyers/76ers jerseys. but all i have is phillies t-shirts and i feel like most philly people are teh same
I didnt mean to be distinct between tshirts and jerseys. Just current players vs non-current... be they a few years ago or alltimers.
So what city do you think has the most 'bad sports fans'?
Raiders fans are probably the only one I can think of "in general" that are worse with that kind of stuff, not just specific incidents.
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people don't have jerseys from the years the Phillies were bad because the players tended to either be bad or do something to anger the fanbase (see: Curt Schilling demanding a trade)
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So the Phillies were bad every year they didn't have any of the current players? I've literally never seen more than 1 Phillies jersey/tshirt of any non current player, except Tug McGraw.
Philadelphia has a few well-known incidents that are always brought up in discussions. (No snowballs at Santa yet?) However, I think somewhere along the line Philly fans got this reputation, and now every time something happens it just gets added to the List of Stuff We Always Cite Against Philly.
The truth is, every city has dick fans...or at least New York sure does. I wouldn't know about other cities since they don't travel en masse to games in Phila. However, I remember a Phillies game back in '92 -- at Philadelphia -- there was a Mets fan in the outfield stands who saw Dykstra about to make a catch and chucked a beer bottle at his head. I've generally experienced Mets fans to be horribly classless, so I'm glad the Phils sell out their stadium and don't have to deal with those dips as much any more.
I remember a Sunday two years ago where the Giants were visiting the Eagles during the World Series and the Yankees were visiting the Phillies. The Daily Show did "reporting" to determine which city had the worst fans. There was some measure of agreement that the two cities were at the head of the class, and yes, I think Philly did ultimately win out, but they also had homefield advantage. =p
I'm personally not upset over the Giants winning. I expected the Giants to win. I think this whole "Dream Team" crap needs to stop, and Vick was also not 100% going into the game. Add really bad tackling, and...yeah.
You guys are all talking about single-person incidents.
I'm thinking of stuff like Philly fans booing Santa (forgot that one, thanks for bringing up) or that first pitch machine. This is pretty much everyone in the stadium then we're talking about. Real nice.
Giants player went down today and the Eagles fans booed when he got up. Real classy.
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