From Jason Kelce to Joel Embiid, Trea Turner to the Flyers, here's how the new era of Philadelphia sports fandom came to be.
The ovations Trea Turner received in early August are indicative of a kinder, gentler Philly sports fan, Mike Sielski writes.When it comes to its sports teams, its sports culture, its sports fans, Philadelphia is different. I don’t mean relative to other cities. I mean relative to itself. Something has changed here. A weight has been lifted.
You can draw a beer-soaked historical line between Phillies players celebrating at Xfinity Live! on Thursday night, in the aftermath, and Flyers players joining their fans for several cold ones at Rexy’s in the 1970s and ‘80s. And Philadelphia fandom has always been flavored with a kind of underdog sentimentality that cuts against the city’s image as the toughest sports town in America.
The Phillies are a different sort of NLDS champion this year. Suddenly, they are World Series favorites. | David Murphy
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