[THE HANGOVER] Rays On Brink Of Elimination...Again
Rays Index —
... John Romano says that the behavior of Phillies fans towards Rays family members and employees has been more suitable for a prison yard than a major league baseball game, going so far as to pour beer on a 9-year old boy...Stay classy Philadelphia. [St. Pete Times] ...
Daily "Linkin' Logs" Thiiiis Close Edition (10/27/08)
The Bad News Bloggers —
... Hi, I'm from Tampa Bay and I have sour grapes... You know what's classless, writing an article about how another team's fans are classless when you never really had fans to begin with... ...
Phillies Fans Prove They’re Not Phamily Phriendly
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... That being said, not every football team felt the need to put a prison inside their new stadium like the Philadelphia Eagles did at Lincoln Financial. The Eagles got rid of their little prison a few years ago after unruly behavior at games improved, but apparently they should have moved it across the street to Citizens Bank. As it turns out, the same folks who booed Santa Claus and threw batteries at J.D. Drew don’t much like families of the opposing teams either. From the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES : During Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night, Rays family members ...
Stay Classy, Phillies Fans
TheScore.com Blog —
... Never ones to shy away from their reputation as complete dickheads, during game four of the World Series, Phillies fans poured beer on a nine-year-old boy, and forced a Rays family member to lock himself in a bathroom stall, "because, he said, Phillies fans were banging on the walls and threatening him." And there's even more-- according to the St. Petersburg Times. "From talking to the Rays on Sunday," John Romano wrote, "the Phillies fans trampled all over every acceptable line of decency." ...
Some Phillies fans haven't been the most welcoming of hosts
Big League Stew —
... cost of World Series ticket kept the roughest riff-raff out.) Unfortunately, the members of the Rays traveling party did not have the same experience as I did during Game 3 and would vehemently disagree with that "mellowed" assessment. That's because according to Tampa Bay area columnist John Romano, the members of the Rays traveling party were greeted with behavior from Philly fans "more suitable for a prison yard than a family ballpark." From the St. Petersburg Times: Children were cursed at, ...
Loveable Philadelphia Phillies Fans
The Big Lead —
... fans were banging on the walls and threatening him.” Also, Joe Maddon is cool. “Down by the dugout I had a good time with a bunch of guys sitting in the stands. I was actually giving a guy a hard time for drinking Coors Light in Philadelphia. I said, ‘Where’s the Schmidt’s? At least some Rolling Rock. Don’t be going with Coors Light.’ It’s so unfashionable for a Philly dude. I was all over him about that, so we had a good time.” (St. Pete Times) ...
Rays Fans Spooked by Beer-Throwing Passion of Towel-Waving, Jovial Fanbase [World Series]
Deadspin —
... . However, I must comment on St. Petersburg Times' columnist John Romano's piece "Phils' fans live down to their reputation", which is just completely asinine. Romano goes a step further from the usual hackneyed Angryville fodder and adds this anecdote which apparently happened on Saturday night at Game 3 of the World Series: ...
St. Pete Scribe : Philly Phans Are Neanderthals
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... “This is not a matter of Rays fans being sissies,” insists the St. Petersberg Times’ John Romano of reports Tampa players’ families were “harassed and abused by Phillies fans at Citizens Bank Park to an unacceptable degree.” ...
Phils Fans Harass Rays Fans
Mets Heads —
John Romano at the St. Petersburg Times writes about how certain Rays fans were treated at Game 3 of the World Series. Romano writes: "Children were cursed at, and one 9-year-old boy had beer poured on him.
A Rays family member stayed locked in a bathroom stall because, he
said, Phillies fans were banging on the walls and threatening ...
[WORLD SERIES MONSOON] Phillies Fans Have Only Head Groundskeeper To Blame (And Maybe Karma)
Rays Index —
... if the Rays do not score in the top of the 6th. Major League Baseball was never going to award a win to a team in the World Series from a rain-shortened game. The score could have been 12-2 and MLB would still make the teams finish the game at a later date. That second run for the Rays had zero bearing on when the game was suspended. Then again, maybe Phillies fans should not be planning the victory parade...or throwing mustard packs at a 7-year old girl...or pouring beer on a 9-year old boy...or screaming at babies...or, eh. You guys get the ...
Stay Classy, Philadelphia
Major League Jerk —
... talking about why I don’t care for the citizenry of the Fighting City of Philadelphia. It was really nothing. It was a rational, well thought out post about the horribleness that is the Philadelphia citizen. Frankly, it is nothing new. Many, over the years, have talked about how terrible Philly is. I am not the first and I am certainly not the last. But in my big loving heart, I was hoping for a glimmer of hope. A rational Philly fan who would put their passion in perspective and tell us all why I am wrong. I mean I have been proven wrong three times in my life and no one ...
The Philadelphia Resolution
Nats320 -- A Washington Nationals Blog —
... , saying they were horrified over the incident, would get back to us and find a proper resolution. Then an even more high profile saga occurred when Philadelphia's Fans were again involved in taunting and abusing Tampa Bay Rays family members during Game 3 of The World Series at Citizens Bank Park. ...
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