Hey, Philly. What did we ever do to you?
You would think if there were ever two fan bases that could consider themselves equal in terms of passion, culture, and yes, pretzels, it would be Philadelphia and Boston, two of America's most storied cradles of freedom. But people from the City of Brotherly Love labeling Boston fans "obnoxious" is sort of akin to Don Knotts seeing Don Draper in his bedroom mirror.
Yet, that's the stance of Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John Gonzalez, who previews this week's anticipated Red Sox-Phillies series with this: "They've gotten out of control, these Boston fans. They've mutated. There was a time when they took a perverse pride in their suffering, when they romanticized their lack of sports luck. Then the Pats won and the Sox won and the Celtics won and, more recently, the Bruins won. Whatever humility Bostonians had was long ago traded for some of those giant 'We're No. 1' foam fingers and a slew of omnipresent smug smiles."
