A Sea Of Red

I love it because we have such a large philly base here

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/m ... ml?eref=T1

100 Seasons ... 100 Heartbreaks

They say history is written by the winners but as the Penguins dispensed of the Flyers on Sunday afternoon -- capping yet another season without a championship in Philadelphia -- the losers made a little history of their own.

The Flyers' elimination made it 100 consecutive seasons without a title for Philadelphia's four major teams. That's far and away the record for a four-sport town -- a gold standard for civic sports futility.

Philadelphia (yes, my hometown) has been a major trophy-free zone since 1983. The drought has battered the area's collective psyche, rendering an entire generation of sports fans wounded, disillusioned and emotionally bankrupt. Whether you chalk up the streak to bad players, bad management or just plain bad luck, the hard numbers remain the same: 100 seasons, zero championships.

Just a couple years ago, the Phillies became the first professional franchise to LOSE 10,000 games.

A lifetime of rooting for teams that always let you down has taught many Philly natives how to lose, itself an important life lesson. Fans have been conditioned for failure. They expect defeat. Compound this trend with the city's historical inferiority complex and you've got something worse than fatalism: It's the perverse sense deep down that we don't even deserve it.

I think that just about sums everything up right there.

LUconn wrote:

A lifetime of rooting for teams that always let you down has taught many Philly natives how to lose, itself an important life lesson. Fans have been conditioned for failure. They expect defeat. Compound this trend with the city's historical inferiority complex and you've got something worse than fatalism: It's the perverse sense deep down that we don't even deserve it.

I think that just about sums everything up right there.

So as a bengal fan do you prepare yourself for court after domestic assault charge or a stint in the grey bar motel after a felony( so many to pick from)?

It's only 99 because the world series was cancelled in 94. I'm saying the Phils would have won that year.

SCAR wrote:It's only 99 because the world series was cancelled in 94. I'm saying the Phils would have won that year.

The Expos were the best team by far that year.

SuperJon wrote:

SCAR wrote:It's only 99 because the world series was cancelled in 94. I'm saying the Phils would have won that year.

The Expos were the best team by far that year.

SCAR wrote:It's only 99 because the world series was cancelled in 94. I'm saying the Phils would have won that year.

Yeah, they were only 20 games back in mid-August when the season ended...

the ultimate philly hack PAmedic is no where to be found...please check and see if he is OK after the flyers loss

SuperJon wrote:

SCAR wrote:It's only 99 because the world series was cancelled in 94. I'm saying the Phils would have won that year.

The Expos were the best team by far that year.

You could also argue the Yankees were.

bigsmooth wrote:the ultimate philly hack PAmedic is no where to be found...please check and see if he is OK after the flyers loss

I'm still trying to recover from that one as well. I still enjoyed watching all of the games on TV. I hope they get a better TV package than VS soon. It took me a while to remember that they showed hockey on there. Not exactly ESPN.

yeah, well.

screw you.

PAmedic wrote:yeah, well.

screw you.

I feel like PA's wife on the honeymoon night...disappointed b/c she expected more


I really was anticipating your response...theres always next time

It's late.

I'm tired.

Bad test today. Spent 4 hrs shooting in a downpour.

Will be back in usual form soon enough. Consider this a rare reprieve from my acerbic wit.

PAmedic wrote:yeah, well.

screw you.

Speaking of losers...
...and props to Medic on the life-size signature logo.

class photo day yesterday

The name badge is my favorite part.

Sly Fox wrote:The name badge is my favorite part.

(bowing)

thought I got that one past everyone

YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITAHHHHH!!!!!

PAmedic wrote:

Sly Fox wrote:The name badge is my favorite part.

(bowing)

thought I got that one past everyone

Man you are a funny guy...Medic I'm coming home to the City of Losers this weekend. I am trying to catch up with some Cedar Grove Academy guys this weekend including the great Chip Langdon! Haven't talked to him in about 10 years until last week. I can't wait for the Phillies to win the Series this year so we can get rid of the title of this thread.

hit me up on the cell when you get close...

SCAR wrote:

PAmedic wrote:

Sly Fox wrote:The name badge is my favorite part.

(bowing)

thought I got that one past everyone

Man you are a funny guy...Medic I'm coming home to the City of Losers this weekend. I am trying to catch up with some Cedar Grove Academy guys this weekend including the great Chip Langdon! Haven't talked to him in about 10 years until last week. I can't wait for the Phillies to win the Series this year so we can get rid of the title of this thread.

Not gonna happen...the Braves are going to return to their dominance of the NL East this year.