Phillies vs Dodgers: NLCS Discussion

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:13:45

Without leveraging it against the popularity of the football team, rest assured that the city is pumped. Even the buildings are suiced.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:19:43

i want v.2008

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dq3jOT_Lqs&eurl=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillies_zone/[/youtube]

by **Mountainphan** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:23:11

I'm assuming v. 2008 will have fewer mullets.

by **momadance** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:29:06

milton bernard thompson wrote:i don't know if you live in philly, but trust me the majority of the city cares a lot about the eagles and the majority of the city doesn't care about the phillies very much.

That may possibly be the dumbest thing ever posted on this board.

Total Attendance: 3,422,583
Average per game: 42,254
Oh yeah ... 97% of all available tickets for the year were sold.

Yeah ... No one in Philly cares very much. Eskin? Is that you?

by **Woody** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:29:15

LOL at the dude singing "Whoomp there it is" :lol:

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:30:14

I have no doubt that a Phillies World Series Victory will result in utter and complete insanity.

I was on the Mainline when Villanova won the NCAA in 1985.

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:30:51

Woody wrote:LOL at the dude singing "Whoomp there it is"

ah, young woodster. It was something of a theme song for the 93 Phils. We rocked the Vet singing that.

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:31:10

jerseyhoya wrote:My roommate didn't even watch the end of the Phillies game because he was so pissed off at the Eagles. He didn't speak to me for the rest of the night. Just sat in his room pissed off for about 4 hours then went to his girlfriend's house.

That's hilarious. I didn't even know that the Eagles had lost as I missed the end of the game cause ya know, there was a series clinching playoff game going on. I get that people love football and all, but c'mon it was the 5th game of the regular season. The other thing I don't get is yeah, the Phillies historically suck, and I love the Eagles, but what have they done to be so focused in so many fans' minds? We're two years away from it being 50 years since the last NFL championship for the Eagles.

I like the Phillies more than the Eagles, but if the Eagles were playing a playoff game and won, I sure as hell wouldn't care if the Phillies lost a regular season game the same day (even though that's not possible)

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:32:12

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Also, while I won't admit I feel this way, there are lots of people who find football games a lot more exciting to watch than baseball games. Before stumbling on to Philliesphans.com, I was pretty strongly in that camp.

I'm not gonna say parts of baseball games aren't boring, but football games can be boring as shit esp if the two teams playing aren't good at offense or when one team has a big lead, they just run out the clock. One thing that has turned me off football recently is the commercial breaks are just too outrageous. You don't need to go to a commercial break after a 20 second kickoff.

by **dajafi** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:36:26

To me it's really as simple as PLAYOFF >>>> NON-PLAYOFF. This isn't 162 games vs. 16 games; it's 5 games vs. 16.

Add in all the time we've, let's say invested, in the Phillies this year and previously, and how rarely that time has been rewarded with real success, and I don't find it a very close call.

(That said, I had both on, until my internet connection for the Eagles conked out. But I had the sound up on the Phils--quite a tribute, given that it was basically listening to the Brewers fan club calling it.)

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:38:36

What's our WHOOMP equivalent? I think we need one.

by **Barry Jive** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:39:21

we don't really have one, but i would like to take this moment to appreciate the Phillies for using The Roots' "Here I Come" as the song they take the field to.

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:56:50

Houshphandzadeh wrote:What's our WHOOMP equivalent? I think we need one.

MIA.

All I wanna do bang bang bang bang and take your money...

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 20:57:17

I am so on board for that.

by **Woody** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 21:02:03

TenuredVulture wrote:
Woody wrote:LOL at the dude singing "Whoomp there it is"

ah, young woodster. It was something of a theme song for the 93 Phils. We rocked the Vet singing that.

I know, dude. I was there.

by **milton bernard thompson** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 21:11:09

momadance wrote:
milton bernard thompson wrote:i don't know if you live in philly, but trust me the majority of the city cares a lot about the eagles and the majority of the city doesn't care about the phillies very much.

That may possibly be the dumbest thing ever posted on this board.

Total Attendance: 3,422,583
Average per game: 42,254
Oh yeah ... 97% of all available tickets for the year were sold.

Yeah ... No one in Philly cares very much. Eskin? Is that you?

average attendance per game... 42,254
philadelphia metro area population... 5+ million

yeah i was really going out on a limb saying the majority of the city doesn't care about the phillies very much. i would think the fact that 300,000 people in the area watched the game would make that fact pretty obvious to everyone, but i guess i'm missing something.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 21:13:47

milton bernard thompson wrote:
momadance wrote:
milton bernard thompson wrote:i don't know if you live in philly, but trust me the majority of the city cares a lot about the eagles and the majority of the city doesn't care about the phillies very much.

That may possibly be the dumbest thing ever posted on this board.

Total Attendance: 3,422,583
Average per game: 42,254
Oh yeah ... 97% of all available tickets for the year were sold.

Yeah ... No one in Philly cares very much. Eskin? Is that you?

average attendance per game... 42,254
philadelphia metro area population... 5+ million

yeah i was really going out on a limb saying the majority of the city doesn't care about the phillies very much. i would think the fact that 300,000 people in the area watched the game would make that fact pretty obvious to everyone, but i guess i'm missing something.

i'm not on either side, but for christ's sake, they can't pack the entire city's population into cbp

by **milton bernard thompson** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 21:16:14

people just aren't listening to what i'm saying. dude wants to call me out for saying NO ONE IN PHILLY CARES, when i clearly said THE MAJORITY doesn't care. this should be pretty obvious. i love the phillies more than anyone else in this city, but for every diehard phillies fan i know there are 20 diehard eagles fans. nearly everyone at least kind of cares about the eagles, and a lot of people pay no attention whatsoever to the phillies. this is just reality, you guys must live in a different city than me.

my only point is that it's not surprising, given the way people love their eagles in this city, that a regular season game outdoes a phillies playoff game. i personally am not a big sixers fan and went to at least 2 phillies games this season during sixers playoff games without giving it a second thought. most eagles fans would be considerably more inclined to do such a thing.

by **TenuredVulture** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 21:18:38

Woody wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:
Woody wrote:LOL at the dude singing "Whoomp there it is"

ah, young woodster. It was something of a theme song for the 93 Phils. We rocked the Vet singing that.

I know, dude. I was there.

Were you 4?

by **Bucky** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 21:19:34

Don't you pay attention to the birthday threat?

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