Philadelphia Phillies: Fans Rooting Against Yankees, Cardinals, Giants
October 10, 2012 by PHIL KEIDEL
Filed under Fan News
In 2010, after having the sickening privilege of watching the favored Phillies lose a deciding Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at home to what seemed like an only decent San Francisco Giants side, I tweeted “I’m not a baseball fan. I’m a Phillies fan.” I did not see a single pitch of the 2010 postseason after that game. I heard it went pretty well for the Giants though.
In 2011, I again lucked into watching the Phillies’ playoff demise. This time, the Phillies managed to lose 1-0 in Game 5 of the National League Division Series. Ryan Howard folding up in a pain-wracked ball while making the last out was just icing on the putrid cake. Phillies fans did not know for certain then that Howard’s injury would impact the 2012 Phillies. But we had a sense it would not help.
And now here we are. The playoffs are well underway and the Phillies, for the first time since 2006, are nowhere to be found. With reference to playoff baseball, I find myself struggling to find a reason to watch or to care. Maybe you have a similar problem.
So I am turning to the oldest and best-known cure for this sort of malaise. If I cannot watch the Phillies win, at least maybe I can watch some teams I don’t like lose.