It’s not that I take it personally when newspapers from other places try to talk about the Philadelphia sports scene, its that they tend to write with this blind, slate grey, obliviousness, like they’re really finding out for the first time that “…these fans care about this stuff more than other fans.”

Saying we’re “passionate” is such a G-rated, watered down term.  It’s like when somebody’s dog tries to have sex with your face when you’re asleep and they laugh and say “I warned you he was friendly!”

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