Like, who would Josh McCown or Edwin Jackson root for at this point?

Doctors are the worst investors because in addition to being intelligent  but with intelligence that isn’t necessarily translatable to other disciplines, they generally have a poor nose for business, preferring to be kings of their own individual fiefdoms. Which is largely how healthcare came to be the mess that it is…

Yeah, but reflexively, they only push that button out of fear, if they see one of those dang-gum uppity colored folks strolling around the set, not knowing their place and whatnot.

But that “not nothing” is precisely the point. When a school wins a national championship in basketball or football, there is an expected rise in applications for admission by up to 20%. People want to associate themselves with winning and success. They want to wear their school colors (outright hideous combinations…

Not at squash and yachting...

I believe that’s called “the Western grip”.

He’s a Redskins fan, let him root for his team. Also, a 6'8" athlete is not the guy you want to pick a fight with, or fire N-bombs at. I’ve never been drunk enough to think either was a good idea, and my friends and I were ready to throw down with Brett Lindros at a party in our early 20s.

Even I think this is bullshit. If I moved away from here, I’d continue to be a fan of all 4 Philadelphia teams. You dance with who brought you. Hell, a friend of mine took a job in Dallas and he bought a huge Eagles flag for his new house. Welcome to the neighborhood.

Pretty much where I am. I found myself at a Phils/Nats game back at RFK years ago, having to explain to a doughy father that he isn’t safe in his home park if he is going to keep talking shit to the huddled masses from up our way. I am all for good-natured ribbing going back and forth, but he started talking about the…

+1 walking bird

LA Coliseum has 10,000 more seats than the Linc, smart guy. The Rams didn’t average a sellout. And none of the Eagles’ games sounded like home games for the visiting teams. But go on...

When your team is out of contention for the playoffs by Memorial Day, and you have to sit in the worst stadium in the country, you need to find creative ways to pass the time. Thus, the fan groups.

Exactly! The Flyers ALWAYS sold out, and even with this prolonged run of mediocrity and 43 years without a Cup, they still draw well. It’s almost impossible to turn off their fan base. Because of the vagaries of hockey and hockey culture, I think they attract fewer casual fans, so they won’t expand much beyond their…

Dude, I spent my formative years (after 1983, not counting 1993) watching shitty baseball at the shittiest concrete doughnut in the country. You don’t have to tell me. And you are right about Harold Katz, but I was also alive for the team that lost in the Finals 4 times between 1977 and 1983 before winning it all in…

I am a Flyers fan. And an Eagles fan. And a Phillies fan. And a Sixers fan. And a fan of proper capitalization and punctuation. Doesn’t change the fact that people don’t care about the Sixers as much as people would believe, which was my point. What’s your point?

Do you? I don’t have a horse in that race but you’re the one using Wikipedia to support your claim, not me.

I would argue you’re wrong. The Sixers have a much smaller core of dedicated fans than either the Phillies or Flyers. I like all 4, so you assume wrong. The Flyers have a very dedicated core but very few casual fans. The Sixers have only generated buzz as The Process began to yield encouraging results. I grew up on…

The only upside for me is all the calories I burn walking back to my seats in right after my pilgrimage. Met the Bull before. Pitched against his son in high school. He was unbelievable in high school yet I don’t think he made it beyond double A.

People vastly overestimate how much this market cares about the sixers.

Literally the first half of your post discredits the validity of whatever followed. Even Wikipedia doesn’t use Wikipedia as a credible source in an argument or discussion.