As Hillman said, the majority of this site will be related to the Phillies and baseball in general, but I'm sure we'll dabble in other sports from time to time. He has already come clean on being a Giants fan, so I suppose, given their playoff win Saturday (35-14 over the Washington Redskins) this is a good time for me to reveal that I am a Seattle Seahawks fan and have been for a little over 30 years.
You see, I grew up listening to my father and my uncles endlessly bitch and moan year after year after year about the Eagles. So I swore, at a young age, that I wasn't going out that way - and became a Seahawks fan. They were an expansion team and they were terrible, so no one could accuse me of being a band-wagon fan. Plus we had a simple arrangement - when they were good, they were on tv, and when they were bad, they were 3000 miles away. The deal was sealed when, in the early 1980s, they drafted Penn State's Curt Warner to complement Steve Largent (the greatest wide receiver in NFL history).
I still have a soft spot for the Eagles because they are the "home team" - but if they're playing the Seahawks, all bets are off. Next they play the Green Bay Packers - who just happen to be my new neighbor's favorite team. Even though we haven't spoken much yet, I know he's a Packers fan because of the jersey (or jerseys hopefully) he is constantly wearing. I don't suppose this week would be the best time to strike up a conversation... or the next... whatever... Well, I'm off to find my Largent jersey and hang it in the window...
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1 comment:
It just might not be more than one jersey.
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