Squawker Lisa, it’s bad enough that you root for the Yankees, but earlier today, you ended a blog post by saying “Go Flyers!” And that’s going too far.
These days, I barely follow hockey. I used to be a big Islander fan, but they have been hard to support for a long time, so I have also pulled for the Rangers and Devils. I realize this is even worse than rooting for both the Mets and Yankees, so I don’t pretend to be a diehard fan of any of these teams.
But even I know enough never to root for the Philadelphia Flyers.
Lisa, at least you still have some anti-Philly street cred from when you ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art last December wearing a Yankee cap. But what’s next? Go Eagles? Santa Claus deserved to be booed? Dave “The Hammer” Schultz was misunderstood?
I’m just going to chalk this up to the traumas you’ve had to endure over the last few days: Johnny Damon in an enemy uniform, Javier Vazquez pitching well enough to stay in the rotation, the Yankees signing Tim Redding and Dallas Braden getting a week of tributes. But if I ever see you wearing a Bobby Clarke jersey, I’m going to have to act like I don’t know you.
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And if there was not enough reason to hate Philly, now Charlie Manuel has responded to charges that the Phillies are stealing signs by saying that maybe the Mets are cheating because they have such a good home record, but are mediocre on the road.
Up to now, I suspect most Met fans would have worse things to say about the manager Manuel who is in charge of the Mets than the one in charge of the Phillies. But reacting to a warning by MLB by pointing a finger at another team that has not been accused of anything is low even by Philly standards. And it’s amazing that, after three straight division titles, two straight World Series appearances and a World Series victory, the Phillies STILL can’t get the Mets out of their heads.
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