Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day.

They read their sports pages, know their statistics and either root like hell or boo our butts off. I love it. Give me vocal fans, pro or con, over the tourist types who show up in Houston or Montreal and just sit there.

It isn't that hard to get RBI's when you're hitting home runs, you generally get a least one.

I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let me do that.

Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next day.

If you're associated with the Philadelphia media or town, you look for negatives. I don't know if there's something about their upbringing or they have too many hoagies, or too much cream cheese.

You're trying your damndest, you strike out and they boo you. I act like it doesn't bother me, like I don't hear anything the fans say, but the truth is I hear every word of it and it kills me.