I know I haven't blogged in a long long time. I've been working and hardly playing any poker, but no one probably cares anyway. I had to blog cause I am a die-hard Philadelphia sports fan and have written a little something I'd like to share with you guys, any and all feedback would be appreciated, thanks!

Ok, here goes...

Recently I have been reading a lot of people hating on the Phils and their fans. They just don’t understand what this means for this team, this city, and most of all these fans… These fans deserve it more than any other fans in the world. Bitching Boston fans won everything since the new fucking millennium, and fuck Cubs fans, you guys had the Bulls in the 90s, the greatest basketball team in history! We have had 0 championships in 25 years! So this World Series should be won for them, the greatest fans in sports!

This World Series is for the fans who have waited their entire lives for just one fucking Philly team to win it all. This is for the die-hard Philly sport fan! The fan who watches every Birds, Sixers, Flyers and Phils game and wear their heart on their sleeve when they do. This is for the fan who casual fans can’t watch the game with, because they think they take it too seriously or bitch too much. This is for all the Philly fans who have lived through years of heartache. Years of their teams choking under pressure, and years of teams that never even got in a position to choke. Years of dealing with player drama and years of wasted talent. This is for the fans who had to sit there and listen to obnoxious players and deal with it, like Chuck, Lindros, Rolen, TO and AI… (practice anyone?)

This is for the fans who had to listen to every NY fan, ban-wagon jumping Red Sox fans Mets fans, and Cowboy fans rub it in when their team whooped our ass. This is for the fans who never jumped on a ban-wagon in their life (where were half of you 10 years ago?) This is for the fans who stuck with the Fightin’s through the years we dwelled in the cellar. This is for the 3rd graders who sat there crying in front of their TV in 93. This is for all of the losses… ten-fucking thousand of them, not to mention all the players who lost more than just the World Series; like Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams losing his control time and again; Darren Daulton losing his mind; and John Kruk losing a nut. Let’s not forget about all the others who had to suffer through the heartbreak in 93… This is for Eisenreich and Chamberlain, Milt Thompson and Incy. Kevin Stocker and Kim Bautista, Mariano Duncan and Micky Morandini. Dave Hollins and Lenny Dykstra. Tommy Green, Terry Mullholland, Danny Jackson and Schill. And lets not forget about Jim Fregosi. This is for the favorite players the years having a Philly as your favorite player just wasn’t cool, guys like Greg Jeffries, Rico Brogna, Doug Glanville and Ricky Ledee. This is for all the fucked up front-offices led by the likes of Bob Clarke, Billy King and Ed Wade. This is for all of the failed managers and coaches… so many it would take another 2 thousand words to explain how bad they have been.

And this is especially for, the Phillies who spent all their careers with this team; guys like J-Roll, Myers and the “Bat” guys who could tell you first hand that playing in front of the great Philadelphia fans isn’t always easy, but is more than worth it because no group of fans appreciates their teams’ success and hard work more. Let’s not forget the new acquisitions, the All-Stars and future Hall of Famers, and we definitely can’t forget our Manager, Charlie! 15 years from now we will be talking about that great team in 2008…hopefully, we will be talking about them winning it all!

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