Most Hated Teams - Part 1
The following 2 part post is my opinion of the 10 most hated teams by Philly fans. I welcome your comments.
Honorable mentions:
Toronto Maple Leafs: In the late 90's and early 2000's the Flyers seemed to have perennial grueling, spirited post season matches with the Leafs. Seeing Pat Quinn's bitter scowl game after game was infuriating, but the big reason for hating the Leaf's is Tie Domi.
New York Yankees: If they would be in theNational League, they would probably be near the top of the list, but even so they are from New York and you got to hate a team that tries to buy a ring year after year.
#10 New York Knicks
It is not easy to hate a team that is very rarely competitive, but lets face it we hate New York and with Larry Brown as coach it is just another reason to hate them.
#9 Pittsburgh Penguins
Our cross state hockey rival. In the early 90's the Mario Lemieux led Penguins dominated the league. Jaromir Jagr elicited jeers, boos and whistles as he skated around the ice with his long locks and the hated Matthew Barnaby even had a short stint with the team several years ago. The stage is set for continued heated rivalries with Sid "the kid" Crosby on the scene.
#8 Atlanta Braves
How can you not hate a team that has won 12 straight division titles? We love to poke fun at Larry "Chipper" Jones. And how about that annoying chop by the pathetic Atlanta fans. Give it a rest. For as much as we hate New York fans, we can at least respect their passion, but Atlanta as a sports town is just second class.
#7 Boston Celtics
Now this is an interesting one. When I first became a sports fan, this was one of the biggest Philly rivals and one of Philly's most hated teams. The rivalry has cooled as the Sixers and Celtics have fallen out of the leagues elite for the past 20 years, but think back to the early 80's when the Sixers and Celtics would play on national tv each Sunday and we had to listen to the biased blabbering of Tommy Heinson. Then there was Red Auerbach, The Chief, Kevin McHale, Danny Ainge and of course Larry Bird. I even grew to hate that parquet floor of the Boston Garden. You know the rivalry was great when Andrew Toney had maybe my all time favorite nickname, "The Boston Strangler." For those of you in your 20's and younger, you missed out on one heck of a rivalry.
#6 New York Mets
There were the '86 Mets with druggies Gooden and Strawberry and there are those annoying fans that flock down to the Vet and now Citizens Bank Park. As mentioned earlier, lets face it, we just hate most all New York teams.
Honorable mentions:
Toronto Maple Leafs: In the late 90's and early 2000's the Flyers seemed to have perennial grueling, spirited post season matches with the Leafs. Seeing Pat Quinn's bitter scowl game after game was infuriating, but the big reason for hating the Leaf's is Tie Domi.
New York Yankees: If they would be in theNational League, they would probably be near the top of the list, but even so they are from New York and you got to hate a team that tries to buy a ring year after year.
#10 New York Knicks
It is not easy to hate a team that is very rarely competitive, but lets face it we hate New York and with Larry Brown as coach it is just another reason to hate them.
#9 Pittsburgh Penguins
Our cross state hockey rival. In the early 90's the Mario Lemieux led Penguins dominated the league. Jaromir Jagr elicited jeers, boos and whistles as he skated around the ice with his long locks and the hated Matthew Barnaby even had a short stint with the team several years ago. The stage is set for continued heated rivalries with Sid "the kid" Crosby on the scene.
#8 Atlanta Braves
How can you not hate a team that has won 12 straight division titles? We love to poke fun at Larry "Chipper" Jones. And how about that annoying chop by the pathetic Atlanta fans. Give it a rest. For as much as we hate New York fans, we can at least respect their passion, but Atlanta as a sports town is just second class.
#7 Boston Celtics
Now this is an interesting one. When I first became a sports fan, this was one of the biggest Philly rivals and one of Philly's most hated teams. The rivalry has cooled as the Sixers and Celtics have fallen out of the leagues elite for the past 20 years, but think back to the early 80's when the Sixers and Celtics would play on national tv each Sunday and we had to listen to the biased blabbering of Tommy Heinson. Then there was Red Auerbach, The Chief, Kevin McHale, Danny Ainge and of course Larry Bird. I even grew to hate that parquet floor of the Boston Garden. You know the rivalry was great when Andrew Toney had maybe my all time favorite nickname, "The Boston Strangler." For those of you in your 20's and younger, you missed out on one heck of a rivalry.
#6 New York Mets
There were the '86 Mets with druggies Gooden and Strawberry and there are those annoying fans that flock down to the Vet and now Citizens Bank Park. As mentioned earlier, lets face it, we just hate most all New York teams.
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