N.Y. Post mocks Phillies as ‘Frillies’

POSTED: October 27, 2009

By Peter Mucha

Inquirer Staff Writer

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New York - home of TV networks, the New York Times, great magazines and Columbia University - has long been considered a center of serious journalism.

Notice no mention of the New York Post.

Journalism trembles: The New York Post runs a phony picture on its cover of Shane Victorino in a skirt, while the small type at lower right calls Philadelphians "Phrauds."
Journalism trembles: The New York Post runs a phony picture on its cover of Shane Victorino in a skirt, while the small type at lower right calls Philadelphians "Phrauds."

As people debate whether FoxNews is a serious media outlet, the Post makes its position completely clear:

It's not.

Not even close.

"Gotham Trembles: The Frillies are coming to town!" the headline on today's front page declares.

Pictured is Phillies centerfielder Shane Victorino in a skirt and legs that certainly aren't his.

"Their fans are second-rate & so is their city," a subhed on the Website says.

Check out the "evidence" in a story that, apparently, took three people to write.

Like: New York has the Statue of Liberty, Philly has cheesesteaks.

Didn't it take a long legal battle for New York to claim the statue from New Jersey?

Isn't New Jersey -- not New York -- where the so-called New York Giants and Jets play?

Second-rate fans?

Then why are World Series tickets selling for more in Philadelphia than at the Rebuilt House That Ruth Built?

Funny, but while Yankees fans filled only 88 percent of the seats in a brand-new stadium, Phillies attendance was 102 percent of its seating capacity at Citizens Bank Park.

Yes, Post, that's where the Phillies play.

Contrary to this fan you quote:

"If you've ever been to the old Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, you'd realize just how much worse Phillies fans are. You can't go to a game without getting booze thrown at you!"

The Phillies last played there six years ago.

After calling Philadelphians "uncultured," New York fans dish out remarks like this:

"The big meal there is a steak with cheese and onions on a hero, but they don't even call it a hero. It's a hoagie. What the hell is a hoagie?" said Ron Montclane, 26.

No mention of any of the fine restaurants in Philadelphia - not even the ones copied in New York.

Not that Post interviewees would know.

The trash talk gets laid on pretty thick - and maybe once or twice lands a clever punch.

"Their most famous athlete is Rocky, and he's fictional," said a building superintendent.

One problem: In the first movie, Rocky lost.

Last year, the Phillies won.

How'd those Yankees do in the playoffs recently?

"New York is all about being on top, with no excuses - just like the Yankees," one young woman says.

Really?

How about those Mets? No excuses?

The Knicks?

Remember, the Giants play in Jersey.

Anyway, it will all come to the players on the field - not newspaper nonsense.

If New York wins, go ahead brag.

But if the Phillies win, well, the Big Fruit really will be The Town That Never Sleeps.

 

Contact staff writer Peter Mucha at 215-854-4342 or pmucha@phillynews.com.

 

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Posted 09:16 AM, 10/27/2009
donnybrook
the post is a third-rate rag that makes the daily news seem like shakespeare. go phils!
Posted 09:24 AM, 10/27/2009
MikeP
This is the best they can do? Just shows how far NY has fallen. It hasn't been the center for anything in 20 years except the stock market collapse. NYC: Home of the dirtbags who brought us a depression. A bunch of frauds and losers who haven't figured out that NYC is yesterday's news.
Posted 09:29 AM, 10/27/2009
Could.It.Really.Be...ColonelAngus
Wow! They just gave Shane motivation to smack a few out of the ballpark. Plus, New York is not united against the Phillies. The people from Queens hate the Bronx. Go Phillies!
Posted 09:30 AM, 10/27/2009
kingofpoker
No wonder the whole country HATES NY....
Posted 09:32 AM, 10/27/2009
geeknphillly
"When ideas fail, words come in very handy." - Johann Wolfgang van Goethe
Posted 09:34 AM, 10/27/2009
Kellyburger
Yeah, as a Phillies phan living in NYC I can tell you its tough to look at the smug NYC papers everyday. Can't wait what excuses they come up with for the Wankees when they lose in 5!
Posted 09:34 AM, 10/27/2009
Robert88
Hey, Yankees SUCKS and so is their fans
Posted 09:35 AM, 10/27/2009
katekat
Haha Victorino looks just fine in a skirt!! Yeaaa! Go Phillies!
Posted 09:36 AM, 10/27/2009
bung
Shane has pretty nice legs.
Posted 09:36 AM, 10/27/2009
aep1974
Actually, steak with cheese and onions on it is a cheesesteak, not a hoagie. But thanks for trying! Go Phils!!!!
Posted 09:36 AM, 10/27/2009
PhillyRising
Take away the good parts of Manhattan and there isn't anything special about Noo Yawk.
Posted 09:40 AM, 10/27/2009
John E Cat
Yawn.
Posted 09:41 AM, 10/27/2009
thebounce
king of poker, fold your hand. that is just an uneccesary comment that makes you sound more idiotic than the yank fan quotes above. also, they have a "philly cheese steak" stand in the new yankee stadium.
Posted 09:45 AM, 10/27/2009
kingofpoker
Things like this only make everyone hate NY more than we already do !
Posted 09:46 AM, 10/27/2009
joe343453
Well Philly fans if you don't like the article maybe you'll like this... Fun Phildelphia Phillies Facts.... 80 out of 126 seasons below .500 ! (64%) 10,183 losses. No other team in all of sports history has 10,000 losses. 49 last place finishes. More seasons in last place then the Mets had seasons. (40%) 15 seasons with 100 plus losses. 11 seasons in the playoff in 125 years. (.08%) Only 2 WSC in 125 years. (.016%) "Philadelphia Phillies History, Catch it, Because they Couldn't !"
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