philly cheez

yes, it's cheez whiz on those "famous" philly cheese steak sandwiches, and how this could possibly become considered to be a "good" thing you like to brag about your city, i have no idea. of course, just a moment ago, when i went to find out which team in history lost the second-most number of baseball games behind the '62 mets, i discovered, on the list of the 25 worst showings in major league history, that the city of philadelphia has hosted no fewer than 9 of them. yes, we're talking about a very "special" place. it's no wonder the folks living in it have such a low bar when it comes to braggables.

did you know, of the 16 pre-expansion major league baseball clubs, the philadelphia phillies have, hands-down, the worst historical record of all of them? they were the first--and only so far--to "earn" their 10,000th loss, (they got it done all the way back in 2007), and their closest "competitor", the chicago cubs, are still years away from coming close to that sort of ignomy, even though they ARE the cubbies, and even though they're 7 years older as a franchise.

i'd feel more guilty about piling on, but, well, have you met a philadelphia sports fan?

i'll leave you with this link to the nbc new york's list of the top moments in philly sports fan history. (did you know they actually had to finally put a jail INSIDE veterans stadium? who knew!)