Hi barnzy,
out of my 9674 posts and the almost 5 years I have been on this forum I can probably count on 1 hand how many times I have been negative, rude, or acted inappropriate to any other members. It's just that the fucking downright entitlement that these Phillies fans have makes me sick (I live outside of Philadelphia), the majority are just plain arrogant and rude, before 1 pitch was thrown, 1 ball hit, 1 hotdog sold, these fuckers had the Phillies in and winning the World Series, granted they had an outstanding year played great ball and absolutely deserved to be where they were, facing the wild card team with home field advantage, but thats it; once the playoffs start its a new season, its a wash, the slate is clean. You need to go out and play ball and win games offensively and defensively, to be so arrogant and to call someone out in their thread and make bold statements to the effect that they (the Phillies) won't lose is one thing but when the thread starter challenged him to a wager he was nowhere to be found, money talks bullshit walks. As I said I would be a complete moron not to give the Phils the props they deserve for their play during the regular season but thats where it ends. They lost fair and square, they were beaten by the Cardinals fair and square, Halliday pitched a great game their offense couldn't hit or score, THEY GOT BEAT, thats it! I'm sorry for ranting and carrying on I guess living in the middle of this mess between the "DREAM TEAM" and the self proclaimed "WORLD SERIES CHAMPS" who couldn't get out of the first round I guess it's finally gotten to me. I'm done carrying on, you have a great day and good luck tonight, I'm on Detroit, I just hit 2 nice NCAA football games Oaky and Maryland and am 6-0 on my last 6 wagers so I have to keep it going since I'm hot right now, 30+ years of this I've learned that you need to strike while the fire is hot! Good Luck, The Capt~