Jeremy Roenick takes shot at Philly fans
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Jeremy Roenick takes shot at Philly fans
We apparently have come a long way from Jeremy Roenick's big hug of Ed Snider when Roenick signed his massive free agent contract with the Flyers in 2001.
Roenick appears on the debut episode of a show called "Master Debaters," hosted by comedian Jay Mohr, tonight on FUEL TV (10:30 p.m.) and takes his shot at Philly fans during a debate segment on the most annoying fans in sports. Also on the panel are former Oakland A's outfielder Eric Byrnes and comedian Na'im Lynn.
JR goes to the booing of Santa Claus right away and then comes with this, "Do you remember when Tie Domi of the Maple Leafs was playing the Flyers and he was in the penalty box and that Philadelphia fan dove through the glass into the penalty box after the guy ... That is messed up fans. Philadelphia fans are crazy, crazy sons of bitches."
Perhaps his point was how intimidating the Philly fans are.
Mohr then brought up a completely inacurrate portrayal of the incident involving Michael Irvin being taken from the Vet with a neck injury.
"They threw snowballs at Michael Irvin on a friggin' stretcher. The guy might have had a broken nexk and they threw friggin' snowballs at him."
There's a video clip from the show below.
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Philly fans are goons.— taxmanndumbeth- i'm not sure thats too much of a shot. If we let rollins off the hook for calling us front runners, then this is very minor.— azguz
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The TRUTH about the infamous "booing Santa" incident. Sounds like they were simply booing a bad, drunk imposter who was actually dissing the real Santa. But the NY media will never go there!!!!
http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/philadelphia.asp— sarah89 - JR isn't taking any shots at Philly fans. he loves the passion of the fans here. move along.
- If he's gonna take shots at Philly fans, he should at least get it right. Mohr and the rest are irrelevant anyway... who cares what they think.— TerryW
- definitely wasnt any snow, i was there, it was before halloween because people showed up for the halloween game as irvin on a stretcher.— section707
- flyers87, it was Mohr who said that about snowballs, not JR. Maybe you should get some baseline testing yourself.— 1980
- I went to Dodgers stadium and thought it was a gang block party. Saw an ex-con steal a guy's program right from under his feet. Probably waited to jack him when done. The neighborhood around their stadium looks like Training Day. Give me a break with the Philly stories. JR took too many shots to the head and should see treatment ASAP.— MichaelZoe
- Eric Byrnes...what he have one hit?
-not bob levy— remyy - Why does Jay Mohr still have a career?— Firebird7478
- Garbage article about a garbage show....why bother....santa clause.....how wrong...how overdone....anyone using the santa clause story is an uniformed idiot— nuggett
A large majority of Eagle fans are total A-holes. I can say that from years of personal experience. They love to fight at the drop of a hat when surrounded by other Eagle fans that is.- JR's 15 minutes were up long ago. He's Curt Schilling with a hockey stick, just not nearly as successful.— jimmymack
- Jay Moron— RichieLemon
