Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The Philly Fan Bitterness Quotient

Great article though I didn't like the authors assumption that we are the problem. Moron. The questions:

Ryan Howard is:
a) A player in the midst of making history.
b) A great force, even with the strikeouts.
c) The worst first baseman you've ever seen.
*d) Destined to flame out and fail.

Rafael Nadal's five-set victory over Roger Federer in the Wimbledon men's final was:
a) Sport at its finest.
b) Diminished by the rain delays.
c) In desperate need of an American.
*d) A freakin' tennis match.

Andy Reid is:
a) The best coach in Eagles modern history.
*b) Dull by design, stubborn beyond reason.
c) A lousy general manager.
d) Way past his sell-by date and should be fired.

Andre Iguodala is:
a) Worth an enormous new contract.
*b) A jump shot short of greatness.
c) A second banana on a good team.
d) A third banana on a great team.

Phillies ownership is:
a) Spending at the level of its income.
b) Invisible.
*c) Cheap.
d) Laughing at you.

Jeffrey Lurie and Joe Banner are:
a) Doing everything they can to win.
*b) Sitting on a billion, thanks to you.
c) Hiding behind/too tolerant of Reid.
d) Laughing at you.

Ed Snider is:
a) Unquestionable in his desire to win.
b) Too diversified in his business interests.
*c) Living in the past.
d) Laughing at you.

The Tour de France is:
*a) Despite everything, still the hardest event in sports.
b) A pleasant enough hangover companion.
c) Dirty, discredited, done.
d) A freakin' bike race.

Golf without Tiger Woods is:
a) Still a great display of skill.
*b) Lacking.
c) Unwatchable.
d) Really, really unwatchable.

The Beijing Olympics will be:
a) The greatest, purest example of sport.
b) Flawed but still compelling.
c) Corrupt filth wrapped in the flag.
*d) An irritant during Eagles training camp.

Donovan McNabb is:
a) The greatest quarterback in modern Eagles history.
b) A good man and good soldier.
c) Inaccurate and inadequate.
*d) The guy who threw up at the Super Bowl.

The Phillies' current level of performance is:
a) Good - first place is first place.
*b) Feast, famine, flawed.
c) Barely acceptable in a lousy division.
d) A mirage.

A Phillies division title will be:
a) Another sign of a franchise hitting its stride.
b) Reason to celebrate.
c) The barely acceptable minimum.
*d) Prelude to a disaster.

An Eagles wild-card playoff berth will represent:
a) Another chance to win a title.
b) A disappointment.
*c) McNabb's swan song.
d) Reid's swan song.

Twenty-five years without a championship is:
a) A conversation piece, nothing more.
*b) A badge of honor for long-suffering fans.
c) A testament to lousy ownership.
*d) A freakin' disgrace

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