This commentary is a bit over-the-top, but not too far gone:
A lifetime of rooting for teams that always let you down has taught many Philly natives how to lose, itself an important life lesson. Fans have been conditioned for failure. They expect defeat. Compound this trend with the city's historical inferiority complex and you've got something worse than fatalism: It's the perverse sense deep down that we don't even deserve it
We've gone 25 years (100 seasons) since I watched the Sixers win our city's last championship on a little black and white TV in my parent's house. I was seven.
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4 comments:
Breaks my heart, pal.
25 years? You seem to be forgetting it was only 23 years ago that Rocky Balboa came out of retirement to defeat Captain Ivan Drago. In addition to winning the World Title Balboa's efforts played a key diplomatic role, leading to détente and the eventual fall of the Soviet Union.
Dan, Have you seen the final season of the Soprano's? A couple scenes really stick out to me - do you remember the moment of "transcendence" Tony has after a long night of tripping on paoti? Or how about that last scene with he and Carmella staring at each other as the Journey song is playing in the background? I did not see the first half of the last season, but I heard there is a scene where Tony agrees to see a staff worker with Chuck Colson's ministry while he is jail. Anyway, I am at Regent College taking summer classes. How are you doing? Andy Manzo (why did you leave staff?)
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