Growing up in Philadelphia I couldn’t help but be a sports fan. And when asked which is my favorite many people are surprised to hear that it’s baseball. I love baseball and am extremely passionate about the Phillies and growing up I would attend games at the Veteran’s Stadium, or now it’s the Citizen’s Bank Park where they play, as often as I could, which was actually pretty often. Those were always great afternoons when my best friend Bobby and I would get to head down to the stadium. My grandparents would usually give me a couple of extra dollars to get a hot dog and a soda. Bobby always wanted peanuts and only peanuts.
I’m also a big fan of the Philadelphia 76ers and basketball is probably my second favorite sport. I did get to see as many 76ers games growing up but that’s also probably because I really never made the effort. I went to a few and enjoyed them but was always my dad’s or uncle’s or somebody’s guest. I think this is also because it just seemed so easy for a couple of kids to get some cheap ball park tickets and head out to Saturday afternoon baseball game, but basketball games are usually in the evening and it just didn’t feel practical or something.
Of course sports in Philadelphia don’t end there and I always get track of the rosters and success of each season though I honestly never had the passion for something like the Eagles though how can a person not enjoy football season. And of course Philly is one of those towns that has a team in all four major sports and the Flyers are our hockey team. I was interested in the Eagles and the Flyers and always watched the football games but you have to understand you just don’t grow up in Philadelphia without becoming an Eagles fan. It’s un patriotic, you know? As far as I can tell it’s similar to what I understand about growing up in the state of Nebraska and being a Cornhusker’s fan. People from outside Philly, like in the surrounding region, will come in and stay in one of the cool places find rooms to see the games.