Cry me
a river Cook. I am sick and tired of always reading about your
woes as a Sports City. If it is not this it's that. When are you
people gonna grow up out there? I am from Charlestown - Chester
Co. Pennsylvania, small community about 20 minutes outside of
Philadelphia. I grew up here all my life and ventured out to Pittsburgh
on a Soccer scholarship to the Univ. of Pittsburgh. This was in
1994. I had nothing against Pittsburgh and was absolutely thrilled
to be a part of the city. I cheered the Pens when they won two
cups. I rooted for the Stiller's. However, after living there
a year, things changed. You people have something against Philadelphian's
andhate our sports teams. I don't know why? I think I have a good
idea though. While you guys think we are your biggest rivalry
we have bigger things to worry about, the Rangers
and the Devils are our rivalries.
Anyhow,
for 4 years I have had to read the garbage you people put out
there with the Gazette and Tribune Review not to mention your
lousy radio stations that run off at the mouth how bad the Flyers
are. It is embarrassing Ron. You people are stuck in a time warp
out there surrounded by mountains never to escape. You have this
notion that Pittsburgh is the hub of the country and everywhere
else on earth is not nearly as great at Pittsburgh. Well if you
people would ever get out of your tin shanty's, maybe you would
find out that there is more to life then Steel, black lungs, scurvy
backs, and Iron City Beer.
Before I digress any further and rip your second rate city apart
anymore let me just say this. The University of Pittsburgh was
a beautiful place and a most heart warming experience for me.
I loved every minute of it and had a good 4 years living in your
"town" of Pittsburgh. My newest feelings have just been
born though and have spoiled an otherwise good time for me. And
it is basically your (the media, and sports fans) that have made
me so sour. Let me tell you how the series really went. Pittsburgh
came into our building and shocked the world and even themselves.
Ron, every dog has its day. I will give you that. Your cheap imitation
of a goalie stood on his head while shoving more and more rabbit's
feet down his pants. "Light under the loafers" Jagr
played well. We had to adjust. First we made you pay with a clenched
fist only further solidifying the notion that we are tougher and
we will not go quietly. Then we came to your assemblance of a
so called hockey arena. We took two from you with disciplined
hockey that flowed with heart and emotion. The stronger team survived.
This after your whole city was talking trash. When are you going
to learn Ron, that that kind of talk gets you nowhere. So your
team of European trash showed their true self in game 5 when we
embarrassed you on National Television. Heartless Jagr said it
wasn't worth playing after being down several goals. What a selfish
little girl. Barnaby got thrown out to avoid the embarrassment.
How sad. And then Cook, we come into your shanty and you try and
rock our world with a late hit on Preems. That's fine. We forged
on and swept you away like yesterday's news. And now finally when
I have a minute to check what you have to say, I am expecting
some respect. I expecting what a reporter would write, non-bias.
Instead what I receive is another river to go along with the other
three. It is quite sad Ron. An old man like you acting like a
child. How much clearer must it become that you are a reporter
in a dump of a town and you try and rally around your team that
almost claimed bankruptcy whose hero isn't quite sure what way
he swings. You gave up your #1 goalie because you are poor. Your
fans are a conglomeration of uneducated, deprived, losers. You
are simply jealous of Philadelphia's heart, true toughness, our
money, our building, our American/Canadian players, everything.
Keep telling yourself differently but the truth still remains,
you will wake up tomorrow in your what mine as well be a midwestern
city with hockey club that overachieves and will never challenge
for a title with all those cheap Euro-trash hockey players. I
on the other hand will continue to forward your garbage onto other
Philadelphian's to make them happy that they don't have to read
that crap every morning. We also have a big series coming up,
The Eastern Conference Championship, something you wouldn't know
about.
So go now Ron, go tell your other mates who seemingly can't get
enough of downplaying our franchise. Go cry me a River.
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