as a phillies fan myself i can concur that it was phillies fans that drove rolen outta here. and yes it is annoying hearing everyone call in to 610 WIP radio to complain about everything!
-rollins sucks
-burrells a b*tch in the clutch
-abreu doesnt care
-gillick's a dumb ass
-ryan franklin ryan franklin RYAN FRANKLIN
-manuel is a joke
-brett myers...
and the list goes on, every day 24/7 this goes on. there is no positive energy at all. sometimes you can get into it but most of the time its just annoying.
however, there's a point to all of this. we phillie fans are just impatient. there hasnt been a championship in this city in almost 25 years, the 1983 76ers. for such a diehard sports town it's heartbreaking. think about it, 1983 was 23 years ago. multiply that by 4 sports (phillies, flyers, sixers, eagles) and thats 92 seasons of losing. we have a right to complain with impatience, and to not have faith in the management of our teams. i mean come on, a team from edmonton won a championship before us! its getting ridiculous. we've been through some pretty bad times (the charles barkley trade, terrell owens, ed wade, joe carter off mitch williams) and the list goes on... it really sucks.
i mean seriously, i hate when all these red sox "fans" complain about being "cursed" by the great bambino... why dont you open your eyes. you've had the greatest basketball team ever and one of the greatest football teams ever win what seems like 100's of championships during this "curse." and you cubs fans....okay seriously ever hear of a guy named michael jordan? scottie pippen? phil jackson? you can't complain because you've had these guys go to war for you and bring championships to chicago. phillies fans have no taste of what that is like, and the future doesnt look any brighter. the sixers are gonna trade AI and start to rebuild, the eagles are on the downside of their NFC dominance, the flyers are old and will never be able to get the right team on the ice, and the phillies...well you get the picture.
so while i say that phillies fans are annoying and way too negative, why should they be positive about anything?