Fans at the game today - F@cking disgraceful
by MG77 on Dec 20, 2009 9:53 PM EST
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PrintIt wasn’t that bad in the 1st half except when the 49ers stuffed the Eagles in the 1st quarter but in the 2nd half the amount of snowballs was ridiculous. People were just heaving them left and right and hitting plenty of Eagles’ fans in the process. Little kid in our section got hit by one that knocked him over and left him crying. It forced his dad to get up and take him to the restroom/possibly medical services.
Even some of the Eagles’ coaching staff came over to our section late in the 3rd quarter to ask the fans to stop throwing snow balls over the Eagles’ bench and one clever guy retorted “F@ck you.” He was removed by security soon afterwards as were several other fans in within the adjacent sections
I really hope these jokers lose their season tickets if they have them. Why it is that grown men have to act like such general a-holes? If it was only a handful of guys, it wouldn't be a big deal but there is no way it was only a few guys throwing snowballs given the amount that were landing behind and in front of us.
Frankly, I don’t know about the upper level but the ground crew did a great job of removing most of the snow from the stadium. I can't only imagine if there actually had been a lot more snow in the seated sections how worse it could be.
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MG77, allow me to apologize on behalf of my fellow Eagles fans. Only in Philadelphia will you find sports fans who throw snowballs in a snow-covered stadium after a major snowstorm. I have never, ever seen this sort of appalling behavior in any other sports venues. I just really hope the media witnessed this, because the rest of sports fandom deserves to know how despicable Philly fans really are.
As for the kid who had to get “possible” medical services, my heart goes out to him. I can empathize, as my young son was out playing in the snow today, and to my horror, he was actually hit with a snowball. Luckily, he was medivac’d to a nearby childrens hospital and remains in stable condition.
by captain nodar on Dec 20, 2009 10:23 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
This is what I am talking about . . .
Sure other fans do it. That is not what I am talking about and I could care less because I generally at other games during wintery weather.
There is a small (but sizable number of Eagles’ fans) who were it as a badge of pride to act like a-holes during a home game. I was just pissed because one of my female friends got hit today on her back and dropped her beer all over herself in the process. Good times.
As for hurting someone, I would like to see how you would react to someone taking ice-encrusted snow (workers had walked on it), packing it densely, and throwing it with some decent speed from about 150 ft or more up and having that hit you in the head/neck/back unexpectedly. I am sure you would take it all in good fun.
I will save most fans in our section generally didn’t do this and the 4-5 who did were removed by security over the course of the 2nd half.
Only in Philly will you find this behavior....
Nope…it happened at the Jets game today, for example. And many other games.
I am not condoning this behavior – it’s stupid and immature, but it’s not just Philly fans. It happens everywhere.
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I was in section 111
and I felt bad for the niners fans who were there. A woman had a sign which read " hi dad." When she put it up, she was showered in snowballs…. and who throws snowballs on their own team. I saw big red almost get nailed on a few occasions.
The security could have done a much better early in the game, because half the people who were throwing them were completely hammered and belligerent. They shoulda been thrown out before shit hit the fan in the second half.
by Get Jackson a better nickname on Dec 20, 2009 10:44 PM EST reply actions
I think the booz got to them...
I dont think fans dont need to throw snowballs, I just think that they should be smarter about it… Target older people if you must throw them at fellow fans, dont hit a little kid… Target the other team, not us… and for god sakes dont tell a coach “fuck you”…
thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro
It’s like dealing with misbehaving first graders in a classroom, like wtf do we have to confiscate the snow to have them behave? On another note I like how noone in the media will talk about the giants fans throwing beer bottles or whatever at desean jackson last week when he caught a touchdown.
I dont wanna start complaining about how the
media doesnt talk about what other teams fans do… Our fans do far worse things and they have a far worse rapport. I think its better that they didnt say anything because then your just making the guys/girls who did it feel like there celeb’s and they will just do it again…
I dont mind them throwing snow, We just need to not target our own team, and children… If your going to have the balls to throw a snowball at someone make it someone who is an adult so that way when you get your shit rocked over it you cannot say you didnt mean to…
thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro
I really thought I saw security people and the mascot kind of encouraging the snowball throwing in the one end zone.
Most of the snowball throwing I saw came from around sections 217-220 or so.
Whoever wears #47 for the Niners got hit.
Niners fan
There was a guy wearing a Gore jersey in our section who was an idiot and provoked fans to hit him. Still, there were plenty of errant throws and people who got hit around it.
watched it on tv
I watched the game on tv at home but what was the deal with people throwing snowballs at our own players, are people that fucking obnoxious? Also tell that kid in your section that he’s a pussy.
Boo-fucking-hoo.
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by Rumplestiltskin02 on Dec 21, 2009 2:56 AM EST reply actions
Snowballs
You know, my dad is the most non-violent, pacifist, tee-totalling, responsible, god-fearing, upright, wouldn’t hurt a fly, never tell a lie, honest injun type of guy around.
One day when I was a kid, he and I and my best friend were walking across the bridge over the Vine St. Expressway after leaving the Franklin Institute. This was before the expressway was extended to the bridge, so the cars still came out at 16th St. a few blocks away. It had been snowing a lot, and the snow was perfect snowball snow. Well, first we started throwing them at each other. Then we realized we could toss them over the fence and try to peg cars on the expressway. So, with my dad leading us, we held a contest to see who could peg a car in the windshield first, mixing up some massive snow/slush balls to heave over the fence like a medicine ball in gym. Well, it took a few minutes of misses, but finally we had got that satisfying ka-whump of a direct hit, and of course started running to where our car was parked on the Parkway for fear of the guy tracking us down, or having caused an accident, or the cops having seen us, or whatever, all of us laughing uproriously the whole way at the thought of the poor sap who had been speeding along when his car got hit with our snowball and wondering what had happened to him.
Sometimes, when the snow is perfect, you just have to throw some snowballs, even when you shouldn’t, and at people or things that you shouldn’t. Its just part of being alive.
And if you don’t like it, don’t go out in the snow.
Whaaaaa! Mommmmmmyyyyy! They hit me with a snowball! Whaaaaaa! Where’s your skirt mommmmmyyy! I need to hide behind it!
by Andrew B on Dec 21, 2009 8:48 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
+1
Sometimes, when the snow is perfect, you just have to throw some snowballs, even when you shouldn’t, and at people or things that you shouldn’t. Its just part of being alive.
AWESOME…just AWESOME!
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Dude it’s snow … people throw snowballs … did you not have a childhood?
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"The 0-2 pitch, swing and a miss! STRUCK HIM OUT! The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 World Champions of baseball! And let the city celebrate! " - Harry Kalas 1936-2009
meh personal opinion
A snowball fight is fun anywhere IMHO
Jim Johnson 1941-2009
"The 0-2 pitch, swing and a miss! STRUCK HIM OUT! The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 World Champions of baseball! And let the city celebrate! " - Harry Kalas 1936-2009
I'm so tired of posts like this
“Philly fans are ass holes!” well you know what so are fans of other teams, and I mean EVERY other team. Were talking about snow balls, SNOW BALLS. Were talking about drunk people in the snow and were worried about them throwing snow balls …. for fucks sake man just stop.
Let's get it Birds.
WOW
as a Canadian I am shocked this is getting any coverage…. this isn’t the first whiner…..umm it’s snow.
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by RadioheadbeatlesEagles on Dec 21, 2009 12:59 PM EST reply actions
Some of you guys
are just young and dumb, or old and stupid…either way adds up to ignorance. I dont think the OP is talking about snowballs….hes talking about Iceballs that people chuck from the upperdeck on to unsuspecting fans trying to enjoy the game. Snowball fights ARE fun as hell. Getting hit in the back of the head(or one of your kids/wives getting hit) is not fun in any capacity. Think of gettting into a fight and someone sneak-punching you in the back of the head REALLY hard, and then not being there when you regain your wits…sounds like a blast eh ?
And Philly does have plenty of A-hole fans, and so do the giants, cowboys, jets…etc. Every team has A-hole fans, it seems ours get publicized a little more though. I was at the Giants chargers game years ago and that shit was insane. Its funny as hell on TV until someone you know gets hurt.
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