Fan Passion. This will never change

On the heels of a debate this afternoon, held by one of the highest rated sports radio stations in the country. These thought occured to me.

Opening day for the MLB is a little over a week away. It just so happens that the Phillies are the center of the baseball universe. (Deja Vu) This is an extremely passionate baseball town.

However this debate was not about the Phillies, it was about the Eagles.

Here’s a team that has never won a SB, and it’s last championship is going on 51 years.

Personally I have been going to games and have had season tickets for over 30 years.

I’ve sat through the Marion Cambell years, Ray Rhoads, Rich Kotite. Thank god for Buddy Ryan in there. And now Andy Reid.

Nationally Philly Phans are notorious for many things, generally none of them good. The one thing that Philly brings, that I can’t say for any other city is the “level of passion”.

Through all of those coaches and years that I mentioned, there was never a day where that stadium wasn’t sold-out or filled.

Never a blackout.. I could count on 1 hand the amount of games I’ve missed in those years. However I made up for that with all of the away games I’ve been to.

It’s easy being a Steelers fan or a Yankees fan, (forget the Yanks they don’t count) or Cowboys, or 49ers, all of which have a rich history of winning. Are the fans there throughout the lean years, sellout their stadiums? I don’t think so.

I don’t know the history of every city. Enlighten me. Your thoughts….