Jimmy Rollins Comments On Phillies Fans
Yesterday on the ‘Best Damn Sports Show’ Jimmy Rollins said that fans in Philadelphia were front runners. Before he made the statement he mentioned that he thought he would catch flack for what he was about to say. Well guess what he’s right.
Sports fans in Philadelphia are starving for a championship! When one of our sports team gets on a streak and starts performing well we get excited. Maybe we get more excited than other cities. But that excitement is a result of not having a championships in a major sport in over 25 years. We are like the kid in the candy store. A kid who is told sure you can have some candy, but then at the last minute the kid in front of us take the last piece. And we are left with what…the excitement of standing in line.
The very same psychology applies to why outsiders may see us as being rough on our teams. As fans, we pay top dollar for tickets, parking and merchandise. When one of our teams is not doing well we are pissed off. We are pissed when we pour our money, heart and soul into a team and they make lousy plays.
Jimmy, we are not fron runners. We are dedicated fans who live and die with our teams. The Phillies have won one World Series championship and five National League pennants in their history. A history that dates back to 1883. We are fans of a team who has lost more games than any other teams in the history of organized sports.
All we want is a World Series Championship. If not that then your best efforts!
PS. I have to give props to the Philly Soul who won the Arena League Football Championship. Way to go and hats off to a job well done!
This gets me irratated. Jimmy Rollins had so much support last year because of how well he played, but this year since it’s an off year for him, he rips us. We DO have the entire teams back, and it’s so disturbing to hear a player say that he isn’t appreciating what the fans are saying. We want him to do well, and when he’s not he knows, and we make it known. Oh well, you’re getting paid to play baseball, not run your mouth. Good Job JRoll.
this is so true love it !
We are definitly not “front runners” just look back 2 years ago when the flyers had the worst record in the NHL they still sold out games.
I think Rollins is an idiot for saying that. I think he’s a great player, but no one, and that includes future hall-of-famers, has a right to disrespect their support group, really without warrant. It says even more about Rollins, to me, that he makes these comments in a year where the Phillies are hardly one of the top teams in the ML (second in their division, third in the wild-card in an inferior NL) AND in a year where Rollins has, to say the least, had an awful year (by his previous performances’ standards). Seriously Jimmy, get your batting avg above .260 and hit more than 10 HRs and then MAYBE you have more of a right to rip on fans. By the way, I’m a Mets fan, and if any Mets players made similar comments, I would lose all respect for them.