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PhillyPhanatic
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Constitution Center, PA - There has been too much negativity this week and it’s time for a change. Therefore, today's Phanatic Phriday will be 100% positive. First, some background: On MTM, negativity about the Mets lax play, AW's Angry, yet hilarious rant, the Matts flip-flopping argument about hyphens, have all contributed to a new negative climate here in America. Meanwhile in politics, the three remaining candidates have vowed to keep it above the fray. If the Clinton machine considers their recent behavior above the fray, that explains Bill’s behavior under the desk. And just this week on HBO, Costas and his panelists discussed the new era of sports writing, the negative impact of the internet and blogs and the negativity of sports talk radio and the focus was surrounding fans and media from NY, Philly and Boston, the new Axis of Evil. For years, the fans in Philly and New York have been notorious for booing (aka BOING) players. You name it, we’ve boinged them. Santana didn’t make it through his first start at Shea and he was booed off the mound. New Yorkers, you should be proud. What’s next, booing ball one?
It’s time to turn the page on the negative tactics of the past. It’s time for change, ladies and gentlemen, and I'm here to bring it to you.
This afternoon, I will be visiting the Constitution Center in Philadelphia for a speech about negativity. Then I will visit the exhibit 'Baseball as America' where for the first time, the treasures of the Hall of Fame have left their legendary home in Cooperstown, to tour the country. The times they are a changin'...
With that, Let me share with you some positives. I am positive that Santana is no longer the best pitcher in baseball; that honor goes to Brandon Webb. I am positive that Oliver Perez is nothing more than a back end of the rotation starter. I am positive that no team with Billy Wagner as their closer will ever win the World Series. I am positive that the windows have been closed for New York baseball. I am positive that the final season in the two New York Stadiums will end without October baseball for the first time since the strike in 1994. I am positive that Brian Cashman will be looking for a job next year because he gambled that Kennedy and Hughes were worth more than Johan Santana. I am positive that Omar will be out of a job despite the fact that he successfully gambled on Santana. I am positive that Madison Square Garden is closed for the summer while the lights are still on at the Wachovia Center. I am positive that the names of these new stadiums and arena suck. While I positively do not like the teams that play at MSG, the Boston Garden, Fenway, Yankee Stadium, Fenway, Wrigley, Comisky, etc, the names of these historic venues should never change.
Finally, I am positive that the best responses that I will get today will be creative gems like:
- I am positive your town sucks.
- I am positive that your teams sucks.
- I am positive that you suck.
Your turn.
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Marty O'B
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| I am positive that I will be screaming at all Philly teams like never before. Unfortunately, you are right about us fans killing our teams. Funny post. |
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Ed Nelson
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| Hey, if somebody like Kenny Rogers throws ball four walk in the winning run and end your teams season, I'm booing ball one next time he throws a pitch. |
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Oregon Pete
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| You suckered me into thinking you were actually going to tell us what we should be positive about. I should have known better. Phanatic 1 - Me 0 |
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Dude
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| I'm not taking the bait. . . I am positive that a team whose local population actually cares about hockey will win the stanley cup this year (yes no dallas north stars in the final) I am positive that I will boing my team again this year. And I am positive that I am still full of hate despite trying to be positive.. . . wait maybe i did take the bait. . . damn you you green furry scooter riding no pant wearing. . . |
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ANGRYWARD
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| Phanatic, I saw that same Costas show. While there was much I didn't agree with, it did make me think about how so much of this negativity feeds into those sports TV shows and personalities I dislike the most. You know, the guys who just scream over each other the entire time. Makes me think that maybe it's time to retire Angry Ward, as I certainly don't want to contribute to this culture. What if I became Optimistic Ward or Thoughtful Ward? That could work. Though it would probably take only one Carlos Beltran 0-4 game for AW to leap from the shadows and murder his positive-minded alter-egos. My head is spinning. I need to sit down. |
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Somebody named Michel coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins... Tiki Barber quit the Giants. The Giants then won the Super Bowl... The New England Patriots only lost ONE game out of 19!!! Aaron Heilman was actually funny in re to Eli and Plaxico Burress helping the Mets as a pitcher and outfielder, respectively. Repeat, Heilman was funny... Jessica Simpson would rather date Tom Brady - trust us... Eli Manning is better than Archie - now... Alyssa Milano is a Met fan. RRRRR... Rickey Henderson speaks in the 3rd Person... Shawn Green has big ears... Howard Johnson likes to stay at the Holiday Inn, ironically... Sandy Alomar, Sr. is the youngest of 9 kids. That's why he was quick around the dish. Jiminy Cricket was the Philly Phanatic in a previous life…Fred Wilpon is pals with Sandy Koufax... Mike Ditka is a really tough guy.. Buffalo has a Triple A baseball team. They are NOT called The Snowballs... Chan Ho Park has people thinking of naming a ballfield after him - it would be called Chan Ho Park Park... John Maine has never been, oddly enough, to Maine... Curt Gowdy, Jr. has never been to Yellow Knife, Canada... Kevin Mitchell played 6 positions for the Mets in '86 and, according to Doc Gooden's book, didn't like cats... John Olerud & Wayne Gretzky have never been seen in the same place... Kevin McReynolds now makes his living doing laugh tracks for sit-coms... Tony Gwynn is nearing 300 lbs... Carlos Beltran has Mercedes Benz dealerships named for him in Barcelona, Spain... Willie Montanez was called Guillermo by Lenny Randle... Rusty Staub beat Jeff Kent in a race – TODAY... Jay Horwitz is a dynamite Cricket players – somebody said... Jeff Wilpon was a decent minor league catcher... Ziggy Palfy lives in Slovakia and is a big Met fan... Superman Returns, yet still can’t hit Billy Wagner... David Wright will win the Triple Crown – on a horse... Omar Minaya is Tobey McGuire’s stunt-double in Spider Man 3... Hilary Clinton has Mr. Met pajamas – we think... Albert Einstein was a HUGE Met fan... The Metropolitan Opera House was named for the Mets after their 2nd season in ’63... Wally Backman, ’86 sparkplug, considered changing his name to Wally Back-Matt... Neil Allen and Mike Stanton, former Mets, have Allen & Stanton Streets on Lower East Side named for them.
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