Thursday, June 19, 2008

Silly Phillies fans shouldn't be allowed to buy jerseys

Wow, this Phillies fan has all sorts of issues.


Paul Lukas’ Uniwatch blog is required reading for a jersey fanatic like me.

On Thursday he posted a photo showing the folly of Phillies fans.

The intended target of the shot, I suppose, is the goofball wearing the jersey with "Mets Suck" where the player name and number is supposed to be.

So let’s start with him.

First, he’s wrong. The Mets don’t suck. They’re winning about as many games as they lose, so that makes them merely mediocre. The Nationals suck.

And if there is any fan who should know about sucking, it would be a Phillies fan, considering the franchise as recorded more losses than any other in baseball history. Yes, they’ve lost more than the Cubs.

So our Phillie fan is either incapable of reading the standings, can’t spell mediocre or was trying to save on lettering by using the shorter word.

Second, he’s spending a fair amount of money to be incorrect. That’s a replica jersey — you can tell by the lack of the MLB logo on the collar. A personalized replica goes for $89.99 on the MLB Web site. An authentic would cost him about $200.

Either way, that’s a lot of cash to drop on a taunt that loses its effectiveness once you step off an elementary school playground.

But why stop with the jersey? It appears our Phillies fan with more cash than smarts is carrying two water bottles into the stadium, one of which is nearly empty.

I’ve been to Cit-Bank Park, and I know for a fact there are water fountains and sinks that freely dispense water. Everyone knows that you can bring one water bottle inside, and refill it over and over rather than carrying two bottles. Dude, it’s all tap water.

And it’s not like he’s carrying a bottle for a friend. Because if you’re wearing a jersey like that, you have no friends.

There are actually all kinds of jersey horrors in there, which you would expect from Phillies fans. Take the women walking next to our hydrated fan.

She’s wearing a Chase Utley jersey. It’s a cheesy replica, which is bad enough. But it’s got the wrong style lettering and numbers. The Phillies have a distinctive font, and that’s not it.

If you’re going to spend that much money, why not get it right?

I know these things are expensive. But you can find bargains if you look and are patient. I got an authentic Johan Santana home alt with proper lettering and even the Shea Farewell patch for about $25 on eBay.

See the guy walking ahead of the goofball in the Ryan Howard jersey? Same sin, but with the alternative retro jersey. Only he’s stepped into a whole new area of shame by wearing the wrong cap. People, is it so hard to be coordinated?

Right next to him is a Red Sox fan — the Phils were playing Boston when this was taken — and he’s got issues, too.

The green cap is bad enough. I can’t see the number, but I know it’s a Red Sox jersey because of the red piping along the collar.

Drop down from there, and what do we see? As Suzyn Waldman would shriek. "OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS!" That’s a player name. The Red Sox are famous for not having the players names on their home jerseys.

Normally this is a sin associated with Yankee fans who feel the need to plant Derek F. Jeter’s name on the back of their jerseys where it is not supposed to exist. Don’t get me started on the ones who put RUTH back there.

But I expect that from Yankees fans. Red Sox Nation knows better, even teen-agers.

Before we call for a shunning of all Phillies fans, look at the guy on the left. Authentic alt retro jersey, properly lettered and numbered with the correct cap. You just know this guy keeps score and doesn’t yell "balk!" whenever the pitcher fakes the pick-off to third.

He should be allowed into the park. But no one else.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Mets suckage has nothing to do with their W-L record (even if it is nothing to be proud of). Rather, the Mets suck down to their soul. Wait, that can't be correct . . . there is no soul coming out of Shea.

Suckage is deep, anyhow. The expense of that shirt is really an investment. He can wear that year after year and it will still be true. He doesn't have to worry about Howard leaving for another team, Utley going south (oh, how I am loathe to wear my Rolen jersey anymore), etc. The Mets suck now and will again next year, and the year after onto eternity.

Really Dave, hard up for material to post today?

Mets Guy in Michigan said...

Wow. My friend Bob has demonstrated just how bitter Phillies fans are.

I get it. The team got hot last September -- err, was the benefit of the Mets' collapse -- and made it to the playoffs.

Quiz: Who won more playoff games last year? A) Mets B) Phillies C) Pirates D) Devil Rays?

The answer, of course, is a four-way tie: None of them won any games. The Mets, Pirates and Devil Rays at least have the excuse of not actually being in the playoffs.

The Phillies, however, rode a Tom Glavine meltdown into the Division Series and was overwhelmed by a team that though Kaz Matsui was a good player.

That's gonna sting.

:)

Anonymous said...

'Tis true that the Phillies benefited from the Mets suckage. That is the point, Dave. The Mets suck. They suck now. They sucked last fall. They sucked when the Yankees beat them in the Series (yeah, keep blaming the bat chucker). They suck.

Yes, the argument wouldn't pass muster in a logic class, but the real world just knows, the Mets suck.

Anyhow, here is a photograph for you. Happy weekend! :)

Anonymous said...

photograph

Mets Guy in Michigan said...

Nice photo. Lots of bad jerseys in there, but a nice photo. The guy in the lower right looks like he just bit into a bad cheesesteak.

:)

Austin Koenig said...

your all are a bunch of testoterone overloaded pussys with no lives so you have to compensate by overly obssesing over a fucking game and then starting these gay little arguments that you would probably never be able to back up in real life like who the fuck cares how much a jersey costs and no they probably did'nt pay very much for a fake jersey that says mets suck on the back because its obviously fake and im not a mets fan or a phillies fan but ATLEAST phillie was ABLE to make it to the playoffs so i dont know why you think its any better that the mets didnt win any game or make it to the play offs compared to phillie, who didnt win any games either but made it to the playoffs and played all the BETTER teams.