Stay Classy Philly

Not baseball related, but Flyers' fans boo anti-cancer ad because of the players in it.

8 months ago Evan_S 11 comments 0 recs |

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I prefer to think of it as Flyers fans supporting cancer.

Seems like the sort of thing they’d do.

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by BobbyV_Incognito on Oct 13, 2011 1:14 AM EDT reply actions

In all honesty

I’m sure plenty of us would boo an anti-cancer ad if it featured Jimmy Rollins, Derek Jeter, and Cole Hamels.

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by piazza62 on Oct 13, 2011 1:23 AM EDT reply actions

I recd this just so I could unrec it.

Obviouslly we would not share the anti-cancer ad with our friends, but I’d like to think we would not heckle it.

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by JoeBighead on Oct 13, 2011 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm not saying that is, by any means, an acceptable thing to do

But it is no secret that sports fandom precludes proper judgement. They probably started booing Crosby before they even knew what the ad was for.

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by piazza62 on Oct 13, 2011 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions

This is the same team that has the organ player start "Crosby sucks" chants and wonder why he continues to dominate them.

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by Ogre39666 on Oct 13, 2011 1:44 AM EDT reply actions

It makes sense

Phillies fans are against anti-cancer ads… because they themselves are cancerous. (of course, I don’t mean all of them)

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by sj10689 on Oct 13, 2011 3:14 AM EDT reply actions

Fuckin' shocker

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by Aidan Gibson on Oct 13, 2011 6:36 AM EDT reply actions

Apparently the story might be a bit exaggerated

Via Tangotiger

And yet when you read the comments [in the Yahoo! article] of the fans who were actual witness to the game, they are all in unison, with this account being the one being agreed to by the other witnesses:

This is a lie. I was at the game. A video came on and said "This is Sidney Crosby" and that’s when fans booed. Then came Toews and Miller and no one booed during them. Then when it was clear it was an anti-cancer message no one was booing.

by James Kannengieser on Oct 13, 2011 7:35 AM EDT reply actions