It's World Series day. Tonight the Philadelphia Phillies will play Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Rays as they attempt to win their first World Series since Mike Schmidt and company won it all the way back in 1980.
What exactly would a World Series title mean to this city?
Philadelphia has not won a major sports championship (sorry Arena Football, but you don't count) since the 76ers won the NBA finals in 1983. 25 years. Only Cleveland is riding a longer streak for cities with teams in the major sports markets.
To say that this city is championship-hungry would be about as big an understatement as saying the American economy is in a bit of a rough patch. If the Phillies do manage to reverse the supposed Curse of Billy Penn, this city will simply explode.
Forget the parade, think about the night of potential victory. I pity anyone who owns property anywhere near the inevitable mob of rabid fans rampaging through the streets, destroying anything that happens to get in the way. I only hope the Phils can clinch in either games 4 or 5, so that the celebration can be joined by the 40,000 or so fans that just witnessed the victory in person, only adding to the chaos.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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