Comments on: Why the Sixers are the Eagles http://citypaper.net/blogs/sports/2008/11/26/why-the-sixers-are-the-eagles/ Just another Blogs.citypaper.net weblog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:48:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Philly Max http://citypaper.net/blogs/sports/2008/11/26/why-the-sixers-are-the-eagles/comment-page-1/#comment-8606 Philly Max Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:52:57 +0000 http://sportscomplex.blogs.citypaper.net/blogs/mu/?p=2547#comment-8606 The point is not that they buck league trends, the point is that they buck freakin' common sense The source of this sports voodoo stuff in Philadelphia is way too spooky and mysterious. It may be that I am not paying attention, but it always seems that other cities just field good old fashioned crappy teams when they're crappy. But then there's the Mets On the other side of this coin, it makes you blink and wonder when a Philly team actually gets it right! Wasn't it downright weird to have a world class 'pen in the City this summer??? Who saw that coming? The point is not that they buck league trends, the point is that they buck freakin’ common sense

The source of this sports voodoo stuff in Philadelphia is way too spooky and mysterious. It may be that I am not paying attention, but it always seems that other cities just field good old fashioned crappy teams when they’re crappy.

But then there’s the Mets

On the other side of this coin, it makes you blink and wonder when a Philly team actually gets it right! Wasn’t it downright weird to have a world class ‘pen in the City this summer??? Who saw that coming?

]]>