Now that the Phillies have won...
 

...what kind of surge in motivation do you think we might see from the Eagles? I think they are going to feel quite a bit of pressure coming from the fans, and the coaches will have some good bulletin board material. I just think this might have an effect on them; although, I'm not really concerned about them catipulting ahead of us.

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I don't see what the Phillies winning is going to do for them. The key for them is a healthy Brian Westbrook, period.

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[quote=Hogroll;495563]...what kind of surge in motivation do you think we might see from the Eagles? I think they are going to feel quite a bit of pressure coming from the fans, and the coaches will have some good bulletin board material. I just think this might have an effect on them; although, I'm not really concerned about them catipulting ahead of us.[/quote]

I disagree. If anything they will have less pressure now that the city of Philadelphia has gotten over the "no championships in almost 30 years" hump.

To be honest, if the Eagles' players and coaches are paying that kind of attention to another team from another sport, they aren't doing their jobs properly.

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Now that the Phillies have won, I don't want to hear a lick of baseball until next August/September.

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I hate all Philadelphia teams and their fans!!

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Hard to get Real excited about it........

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So how coming its the winning teams town that always is the one to have vadalism and people distroying stuff and not the loosing teams home town?

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Let me preface this by saying I'm a big Braves fan and this years WS stunk. Late TV times, one after 10pm, bad weather and a TB team that never got going. I didn't get to watch any ending besides last night. MLB has got to start some of these games a little earlier IMO. Maybe 7pm?

I'll usually watch the postseason even if it doesn't include the Braves. I like watching playoff baseball, but when i know that I've got to stay up until midnight or later I'm uninterested. Some of us have small kids that wake up in the middle of the night and limit the amount of sleep we get. So staying up til midnight, one am is just not doable.

Bad WS.

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i'm a cubs fan,but i won't be discussing it on a redskins fan site!

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[quote=redsk1;495652]Let me preface this by saying I'm a big Braves fan and this years WS stunk. Late TV times, one after 10pm, bad weather and a TB team that never got going. I didn't get to watch any ending besides last night. MLB has got to start some of these games a little earlier IMO. [B]Maybe 7pm? [/B]

I'll usually watch the postseason even if it doesn't include the Braves. I like watching playoff baseball, but when i know that I've got to stay up until midnight or later I'm uninterested. Some of us have small kids that wake up in the middle of the night and limit the amount of sleep we get. So staying up til midnight, one am is just not doable.

Bad WS.[/quote]

I agree it was a bad WS. But I don't think the 7pm start times will ever happen. What about people who aren't in the Eastern time zone? It would hurt viewership if games started at 4pm Pacific. Less viewers = worse ratings = less advertising dollars = no way they change the start times. But being an east coast resident myself, I would love it if the games started earlier. With all that said, they do need to change something, because this World Series had one of the lowest ratings ever.

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[quote=firstdown;495620]So how coming its the winning teams town that always is the one to have vadalism and people distroying stuff and not the loosing teams home town?[/quote]

Funny you say that. I was telling my wife that it is just like Philly fans in general:
- if they lose, they will riot and burn the city down.
- if they win, they will celebrate and burn the city down.

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It was simply a bad matchup. Unlike football where a Super Bowl would generate ratings even if Arizona played Buffalo, baseball needs a WS matchup with big market teams to generate any significant interest.

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[quote=Hogroll;495719]Funny you say that. I was telling my wife that it is just like Philly fans in general:
- if they lose, they will riot and burn the city down.
- if they win, they will celebrate and burn the city down.[/quote]
I thought it was going to be worse then it was.

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[quote=Mattyk72;495724]It was simply a bad matchup. Unlike football where a Super Bowl would generate ratings even if Arizona played Buffalo, baseball needs a WS matchup with big market teams to generate any significant interest.[/quote]

Agreed. I think the quality of play on the Phillies and Rays was well deserving of their respective league championships. Regardless, there is no doubt the MLB powers that be were pissed not to see the Dodgers playing the Red Sox.

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If it were Dodgers/Sox, a casual fan like myself would have tuned in. But for the Phillies/Rays, I didn't watch a single pitch.

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All I know is people in Philly are crazy. One of my best friends live there and she was talking about how Frankfurt Ave. (Some street downtown) was basically closed down. People were setting fire to shit, just running crazy through the streets. Idiots. I was hoping the Rays would knock them down a peg. But.. I digress.

This is why I can't stand most people from Philly. They have no sense of class at all. (Unless they're Redskins fans. Then they're classy. :))

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They just had a good conversation on PTI about this. Basically saying its a stupid idea to think that because the Phillies win, so will the eagles and flyers. The only thing that is going to happen is that the stupid philly fans will say "Oh, well the phillies can do it, so the eagles should be able to do it" and they'll boo them to hell and back when they dont. Because philly fans are the worst fans on the face of the earth!

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they really went apeshit after the game!no telling how many folks will get killed/injured today in the phillies parade? not only are eagles fans scum sucking lowlives,but i see so are philly fans in general!i don't think this will spur on the eagles because they are'nt that good to start with!

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[quote=Mattyk72;495732]If it were Dodgers/Sox, a casual fan like myself would have tuned in. But for the Phillies/Rays, I didn't watch a single pitch.[/quote]

I watched it mainly for the Rays. They have a payroll of only 48 million. It's nice to see a team build through the draft and develop players through the minor leagues. There total team payroll was less then the yankees left side of the infield. Just goes to show you that money can't buy you everything. I think if i had to hear about another Redsox World Series i would of shot myself.

And this means nothing to the Eagles. They still suck, this just means that maybe they wont boo Santa this year.

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[QUOTE] And this means nothing to the Eagles. They still suck, this just means that maybe they wont boo Santa this year. [/QUOTE]

they are liable to set him on fire and roast hot dogs and marshmallows over his corpse this season!those folks up there are 99%certifiable!

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[quote=redsk1;495652]Let me preface this by saying I'm a big Braves fan and this years WS stunk. Late TV times, one after 10pm, bad weather and a TB team that never got going. I didn't get to watch any ending besides last night. MLB has got to start some of these games a little earlier IMO. Maybe 7pm?

I'll usually watch the postseason even if it doesn't include the Braves. I like watching playoff baseball, but when i know that I've got to stay up until midnight or later I'm uninterested. Some of us have small kids that wake up in the middle of the night and limit the amount of sleep we get. So staying up til midnight, one am is just not doable.

Bad WS.[/quote]

So, will you be watching MNF?

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I'm a phillies fan, was at game 5 (part 1 & 2), and it was amazing. However, there isn't any way that the eagles are winning a championship. Like all but one philly team in the last quarter of a century, they are good enough to get their fans hopes up, and then brutally crush them.