The local media's firestorm (when they're not calling Limbaugh a drug fiend) has included the suggestion that he should have talked about Kordell Stewart, not Donovan McNabb, to make his point.
A good percentage of Philadelphians do call McNabb overrated ... but it's important to remember that the locals here have cheered when a player from the opposing team is carried off the field unconscious, and also thrown snowballs -- nay, iceballs -- at Santa Claus. Mostly it's because we haven't seen a Superbowl since, what, 1980? And our last World Series appearance was a little humiliating (Mitch Williams still gets death threats).
Philly sports fans' standards are high, and our hopes are continually dashed, even when we build fancy new state-of-the-art luxury stadiums. The Phils even lost the last game ever played at the Vet. It's enough to make me go looking for some contraband OxyContin to assuage my grief.
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Date: 2003-10-03 01:59 pm (UTC)A good percentage of Philadelphians do call McNabb overrated ... but it's important to remember that the locals here have cheered when a player from the opposing team is carried off the field unconscious, and also thrown snowballs -- nay, iceballs -- at Santa Claus. Mostly it's because we haven't seen a Superbowl since, what, 1980? And our last World Series appearance was a little humiliating (Mitch Williams still gets death threats).
Philly sports fans' standards are high, and our hopes are continually dashed, even when we build fancy new state-of-the-art luxury stadiums. The Phils even lost the last game ever played at the Vet. It's enough to make me go looking for some contraband OxyContin to assuage my grief.