Philly. PLLLLLEEEAAAAASSSEEE. I've read some of the dribble coming out of the City of Tampa Bay's Brotherly Love today. Have another cheesesteak sandwich and shut the hell up. Philly you exist to be the Bay area's bitches.
We can revisit recent history. The Bucs, in your beloved dump, known as Veterans' Stadium, January 20th, 2003, NFC Championship game. The snapshot above is Barber running back a McNabb interception to seal the 27-10 win in Philly so we could advance on to the Super Bowl and win. Something Philly has been unable to do. Then in an unprecedented scheduling move, the World Champion Bucs open the 2003 season on the road in the new Philly Stadium, and administer another beatdown of the Buzzards on Monday Night Football.
As far as the Bucs history goes, we can go all the back the the 1979 season. Another Tampa worst to first scenario. The Bucs went from worst in the NFL to win the NFC Central Division. NFC divisional game, in Tampa, where the Doug Williams led Bucs defeated the Buzzards, 24-17, and my childhood hero, Ricky Bell carried the ball 38 times for 142 yards. It was unfortunate his life was cut so short.
The Lightning eliminated the Flyers to advance and eventually win the Stanley Cup.
Now we are down to baseball. The Phillies are another speed bump on the way to Bay area history.
Philly thinks they are bringing history and national heritage to this series. Hmmm.
Philly has the cheesesteak but, the bay area was the birth place of Hooters- +1 Bay area. I've got to add +2 for Hooters for the Bay area, they did launch an airline franchise and opened a casino in Vegas. Are there any cheesesteak casinos in Vegas?
I'll add a +2 for the creation of the Winghouse, much better wings and much hotter women.
Philly is the "birthplace of Independence" but the majority of the city is voting for Obama, many illegally registered by ACORN, who don't believe in independence so thats -1 for Philly.
Philly was the genesis for the Rocky films and after watching the last Rocky film, that's another -1 for Philly.
Thats a +3 for the Bay area on the surface. I'll delve into deeper analysis of the cities tomorrow.
This is going to be a great series. And if the Rays don't manage to win the series outright, then so be it, but I just have the feeling that they will. This team is playing so well and has all season as a team, each night someone else steps up to be the star. Never underestimate the power of more cowbell!
