It’s always at this time of year when fanbases are at their most optimistic. Free agents have been signed, players have been acquired and most importantly, everyone is healthy. There are no batting lines to make one’s eyes water, no pitching line to cause rage and disappointment. Everyone still has the sheen of possibility about them, of wide eyed hopes that this will be the year.
The fanbase of Philadelphia is usually one to have a bad reputation among observers around the country. We know the age old tales spun about how hostile the fans are; no need to rehash them here.