'Phun' down Broad Street; Phillies Parade!
By Maelstrom 7 Comments
So it was another 'phun philled' day in Philadelphia. Double the pleasure and double the 'phun' as today is not only Halloween but it was also our parade for the World Series Champ Phillies!
Ohh excitement all around. I never thought in a million years that me (and I'll admit it freely), Miss Cynical "Philly sports teams are bums and will only lose and disappoint us in the most critical games' would attend a parade for a World Championship winning team! I've never been happier to eat my words. It was great! Thankfully we were let out early from our classes as our school is located in the heart of South Philly and in South Philly is where the stadiums and the diehard Phillies fans live! So it was only natural that the parade would pass through South Philly on its way down to the Ballpark for the subsequent rally.
I had every intention to get on that subway and go before the entire area shut down but it didn't happen. Instead, my friend and I stayed and partied and cheered and 'root, root, root'ed for the Home Team along with thousands of other fans. Man, it was incredible to say the least; to see so many fans from all walks of life come together and celebrate one of our biggest events was memorable.
Thankfully it wouldn't be a memory to just live on in my head, as I had my cellphone so guess what... PICTURES! I do apologize for the quality of the images as my phone takes crappy pictures at best, but something is better than nothing!
(And as my laptop sucks and won't let me upload anything on here, all I can do is link to the images) So first, the creme de la creme... the World Series Trophy!
^Although you can't see whose holding it that's our 'great' mayor, Mayor Nutter (and yes that is his name).
^That's Jayson Werth even though the picture came out horrible as he was turning and people kept getting in the way!
^ Jimmy Rollins Former MVP winner.
^ Ryan Howard! Also a former MVP winner. Without a doubt the first Ryan Howard picture was my best picture as I actually manage to get in close up.
Love it or hate it, the spirit and excitement is a very infectious thing. You can claim to hate the Phillies but in the end if you reside in this city deep down you love them. After all the broke the "curse of William Penn". And finally Philadelphia sports fans can celebrate and stop complaining... for a few days anyway. After all this is considered a tough town for sports for a reason!
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