Mets Fans Are Obnoxious?!?!?

When I think of Philly fans, I think of the “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” episode where the Phillies won the World Series. 

In this episode, the gang plans on starting fights in the stands, running out onto the field, and wanting to be present for the riots. Hyperbole?  Not so much. If you go to the SportsPickle, you get some highlights of Philly fans behavior:

  1. The need to put a jail and judge in the Vet to deal with unruly fans;
  2. Fans boo and pelt Santa Claus with snowballs;
  3. Phillies fans throw batteries at J.D. Drew because he didn’t sign with the Phillies;
  4. Phillies fans throw batteries at their only black player, Dick Allen; and 
  5. Philly fans booed Michael Irvin as he laid motionless on the ground. 

By the way, the SportsPickle is a humor site. D.J. Gallo didn’t even need to come up with anything. Instead, he just presented the facts and let the readers laugh at the absurdity of Philly fans behavior. 

The aforementioned events reminded me of my 30th birthday. The Mets were playing the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. I had never been there before and Johan Santana was pitching. From prior visits to the Vet, I knew about Philly fans, so I dressed neutrally. 

Well on that day, Santana was flirting with a no-hitter. I was getting excited, but I remained polite and quiet. This wasn’t my ballpark, and the Philly fans have their well earned reputation.  The moment finally was starting to become too big for me. I broke down and clapped after a nice play. I swear that all I did was clap. This grandfather, with his grandkids there, turned around and unleashed a series of expletives generally calling me “disrespectful” for cheering for the Mets. 

He then high-fived other people in the section for putting a Mets fan in his place. Needless to say, this is what I thought of when Larry Anderson called Mets fans “obnoxious.”  You would think with their history, Philly fans would sit there and not pass judgment. 

Overall, Larry Anderson’s comment was just noise. The specific noise?  That would be the noise it makes when the glass house shatters. 

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