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Tag Archive for ‘Phillies’

City of brotherly stupidity?

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na4v94c03NY&hl=en&fs=1] This one goes out to all those people who had their cars flipped over or smashed in (I saw a car all busted up at Broad & Ellsworth today), to the statue of the Man Holding the Umbrella, to the postal carriers who had their boxes knocked over, to the parents in Mayfair who […]

Article: Big city, small market?

By Matthew Ralph In all of the talk about TV ratings for the World Series this year, phrases like small market, little guy and Cinderella seem to keep coming up in references to one or both of the party-crashing opponents not named the Dodgers or the Red Sox. But what exactly does it mean to […]