Rumblings: Us Vs. Them
>>> At the risk of repeating ourselves: New York City is a shell of its former self and is going through the least culturally interesting era of its entire history, and at this point, if you move there, you deserve whatever G-rated, totally predictable fate you encounter. We bring this up because, to our shock and delight, now, even Midwesterners agree. Do we mind that this extra from High Fidelity‘s piece ends with the quip “Philadelphia, though? The worst,” though? Oh, hell no. Anything that can be done to discourage more of these cornpone Fleet Foxes fans from moving to Hostile City is totally OK with us. [ChicagoMag]
>>> On a somewhat related note, happy anniversary, Philadelphia: Today’s the anniversary of the day we all booed Santa! The first time, I mean. Or, rather, the first time we did it and the rest of the country found out about it. [700Level]
>>> And finally, more news on the Roy Halladay deal. Cliff Lee, we will miss the shit out of you, but do not be mistaken: We’ll all commence talking shit on you immediately after Christmas. Sorry, buddy. You know how we do. [ESPN]
December 15th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I thought that New York story was going to be some what interesting. Turns out to be some Chicago inferiority complex rant. Nothing new from manic citizens writing up the “Beirut by the lake”.
How come the booing Santa story is still going on yet the New York Giants fans knocking out the coach of the San Diego Chargers with snowballs gets no play. Hell this last game the Giants had with the Eagles one cameraman caught a Giants fan trying to throw his beer at DeSean Jackson.
Cliff Lee will always be loved here like Brian Dawkins and Pat Burrell. Cliff Lee did NOT pull a JD Drew. Philly fans remember. I do think Halladay is going to make everyone forget about Cliff Lee pretty quickly though.
December 15th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
that guy should have listened to his editor. and then killed himself.
as someone who likes sports yet holds an advanced degree (believe me, there are many who think this impossible), i’d also like to suggest that in future city-inferiority rants, the winningness of sports teams should not be taken as evidence. case in point: the phillies would be a lovable crew of awesome dudes, and a credit to their city, even if they couldn’t hit a t-ball.