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Which Sports Fan are you?

By Philadelphiaflyernut, Section Other Sports
Posted on Sat May 06 2006 at 3:17 AM EST
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This past Tuesday, I had the extreme pleasure of watching my Philadelphia Flyers, in a Philadelphia sports bar, end their season the "right way," by losing 7-1 to Buffalo. As I sat watching the game, with my hands clenched and my face red, I had time (in between cursing the Flyers during the seven Buffalo goals) to get in some good "people" watching. I know you have heard of "people" watching. It's the sport of watching people, who watch sports. A sports fan, especially a Philadelphia sports fan, is an interesting person to watch because there are many different categories that the person can fit into.

The  "Overboard Fan"- This is the fan who will gladly paint his/her face the color of the home team and walks around screaming "E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!" at 76ers games. This fan is also the person who buys the foam fingers and baseball helmet ice cream bowls, because they might one day be considered a collectors edition.

The "Bandwagon Fan"- The bandwagon fan is the person who cheers for whichever sport  happens to be playing that night. They know enough about each sport to hold a good conversation, but they don't care enough about each sport to pay attention to what's going on. This fan is looking for that cool factor that one gets with being a sports fan.

The "Dumb Fan"- This is the fan who screams out "shoot!" when his/her team is on the penalty kill. This is also the fan who believes they know everything and will argue until they are blue in the face against the "True Fan.' The Dumb Fan is usually the first one to get into a fight at a bar.

The "Optimistic Fan"- Most Philadelphia fans fall into this category. We are programmed at birth to believe in the motto, "there is always next year." I know that even though the Flyers forgot to show up for game six, my orange and black loving rear will be sitting in front of the TV. in October claiming that this is finally our year.

The "Pessimistic Fan"- This fan believes that nothing positive will ever happen to his/her team.  This is the fan who, even if their team wins 5-2, criticizes the team for not shutting out the opposition.

Whichever category you fall into, rest assured that there are a million other sports fans out there just like you. We are a strange breed, us sports fans, but without us the world would be far less fun. I'm off to be a bandwagon fan for the Senators now, so till next time.

loved it (#1)
by patrice on Fri May 05 2006 at 11:02 PM EST

I really enjoyed this story.  It was entertaining and funny.  It certainly puts these things into perspective.  As a Philly fan, I find myself falling into a couple of these catorgories myself.  As someone who has covered the Flyers this season for another website, I too was red-faced during the last game.  Keep up the good work and keep sending in the entertaining stories.  It's refreshing to read them as an alternative to the hard-core opinion driven articles...

Awesome (#2)
by FHenkel on Sat May 06 2006 at 3:27 AM EST

thanks (#3)
by Philadelphiaflyernut on Sat May 06 2006 at 9:22 AM EST

Thanks for your comments!