What can't David Wells do? The man has thrown a perfect game while hungover, is an analyst for TBS and now he's even a columnist for the New York Post. A columnist that is not shy about sharing his feelings about the fans of Philadelphia, particularly that they're "ruthless and rude."
With the World Series set to take place in the City of Brotherly Love for the next three games, Wells took his fingers to the keyboard to share his thoughts on Philadelphia for all to see. His words were not kind:
Those are just the first six sentences, and it goes on from there. Wells talks about the taunting he and the rest of the TBS crew received while broadcasting at Citizens Bank for the NLCS. He calls Philadelphians angry people, and rates the city as the top of his list for worst sports fans in the country, just ahead of Cleveland and Oakland."All the bad stuff you've heard about Philadelphia, site of the next three World Series games, is absolutely true.
"The people in that town would give The Finger to their own mom. That's how bad that town is.
"It's just incredible how ruthless and rude Philadelphia people are. They love their Phillies, but even Jimmy Rollins had a run-in with the fans earlier in the year and they started booing him. It's crazy."
To his credit, however, he doesn't mention anything about booing Santa Claus.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
10-31-2009 @ 2:41PM
Rick said...
So just do us a favor.................stay out of our city. TBS is the absolute worse....and guess what/ You work for them..... Maybe when you get better, you can play with the big boys!
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10-31-2009 @ 3:23PM
ftheyanks said...
David Wells who cares what he thinks.He never played for us .so what the heck does he know.I think he must have needed some airtime to justifie his pay.But I dont even remember any problems with that clown,anyway.All I know the yanks better be ready for a war tonight.think we should give Wells somethink to talk about.next time he comes to phila.But until then ftheyanks.
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11-01-2009 @ 12:53AM
tonytiger18 said...
The truth does hit a nerve.
I was never a fan of Wells,but, he is on the money with his assessment of the Phillie fans.
Most are arrogant,vulgar, obnoxious, and know very little about the game.
With their team down 4 runs in the eight, what were they chanting?
The Yankees suck!!The Yankees suck!!!
Real nice people, especially the one guy holding his daughter on his shoulder and chanting the Yankees suck.
Hey Pedro, what do you think of these vulgar fans?
10-31-2009 @ 4:04PM
daddydocs said...
The TBS broadcast team was a disgrace in both the NLDS and NLCS. I would rather put up with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver then those clowns. David Wells adds nothing to TBS. You don't like our passion for our teams fine, go watch and report on the Royals or Nationals next season.
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10-31-2009 @ 5:32PM
BRUCE said...
hey david why dont you say that standing on a street in philly and see what it gets you
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10-31-2009 @ 5:37PM
Tami said...
I am so proud to be a Philadelphia sports fan!!! We are proud, strong and stand together. If a fan of New York thinks they can display their team colors this weekend or any weekend for that matter, they have no idea who they're dealing with!!! Go Phils and Eagles!!!!!
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10-31-2009 @ 6:01PM
kokzilla3g said...
phills goin down,lets go NYY
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10-31-2009 @ 9:37PM
Neon said...
Since when is throwing a perfect game while being drunk, being a TV analyst, and writing a column make a guy able to do anything? (Mantle-- probably not the only one--outdid the perfect game thing by playing a HOF career with a hangover.) Dumb premise. When are the journalists.. scratch that ... writers ... scratch that ... bloggers ... scratch that... self-indulgent babblers with a by-line going to stop regurgetating things and/or changing actual fact into mundane commentary that is NOT backed by the experience and knowledge of an actual journalistic background?
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10-31-2009 @ 6:38PM
danastev924 said...
I've been to Philly about 30 times in my life, as well as getting to 22 different stadiums -- Philly fans are the worst! Wells isn't saying anything too far from the truth.
And its not just with baseball. My wife had a TINY NJ Devils pin on a scarf about 5 years ago, as we went to a James Taylor concert in Philadelphia...Some guy behind us spilled beer on her saying "the Devils suck" - Want to respond to that, Philly folk?
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10-31-2009 @ 7:24PM
jim said...
yer assuming philly fans can read...
10-31-2009 @ 7:39PM
joann1628 said...
Yo Wells
Too bad you are not capable of embracing the power of the average Philadelphia Sports fan. Bottom line...we love our teams...win or lose...we just love them. We know the sport. You can walk down any given street in Philly and your average 10 yr old, can tell you the names of at the very least the starters of all our teams and in some areas our big five college b-ball teams, too. Wells, get over yourself. You are fat and tbs sucks. Sorry, we are not about a wholelottafluff.
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10-31-2009 @ 7:44PM
CoolRep said...
Philly fans have grade school educations in which their proud of, leave them alone.
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10-31-2009 @ 7:47PM
elpgolfer said...
GO YANKEES GO YANKESS GO YANKEES.....HA HA HA HA
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10-31-2009 @ 9:49PM
alan3932 said...
David Wells is a loser..always has been and now is a loser in retirement...
Hell....he writes for the "Post" rag......
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11-01-2009 @ 1:28AM
celtsic said...
Some of NY fans are just as rude. It's a Northeast coridor thing not a Philadelphia thing. Most Philadelphia fans are not rude. Just some from certain areas just like in NYC. I live in Philly and love the passion that the city has for all its sports teams. It's a unique sports campus that gives the city's teams a college campus like atmosphere. People decorate their homes and everyone backs the teams. It's something no other city has. And I can live anywhere I want. I choose to live in Philadelphia because the city has so much to offer and people here can afford so much more than those in NY. The average person here in Philadelphia compared to New Yorkers vacation better,own more homes,have money saved and don't spend everything they make on the roof over their head. Which leaves more money for us to walk to the games and spend as much money as we want to on tickets.....PHILLY ROCKS!!!!!
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11-01-2009 @ 1:39AM
nymale1171 said...
"YANKEES RULE...YANKEES RULE...YANKEES RULE...YANKEES RULE...YANKEES RULE...YANKEES RULE!!!" Hey Phill(th)y fans...Why don't you try chanting again the next game, but this time use the correct words...LMAO!!!!! David Wells is SOOOOO RIGHT about the Phill(th)y fans...they have no class!!!
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11-01-2009 @ 1:54AM
longfordmac2 said...
David Well IS a WINNER.
Look you ignorant retards there in Philly at his post season numbers and his career accomplishments. Outside of the newly acquired Cliff Lee (who is excellent, and classy), Steve Carlton, Jim Bunning, and Robin Roberts your town hasn't had a pitcher in the last 50 years of Wells's pedigree.
And he is 100% right. Pa. natives (Ardmore to be exact) who are friend's of mine went to the NL Pennant clincher and told me in NY that the behavior of the fans leaving the ballpark was foul and disgusting with vile, and trash language all in the presence of young kids and families. Philly has always had a classless fan base. The only notable class acts to come out of Philly were Ben Franklin, Princess Grace, Joe Frazier ( a real man of courage), Mike Scmidt, and Richie Ashburn. The rest of you are socially deprived and bad behaving fans.
Go Yanks! And yeah Rollins, Philly in '5" you say. Ha!
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11-01-2009 @ 1:55AM
ur a bad boy said...
Not only were the philthy(lol)fans chanting yankees suck, but when they took the 3-0 lead they were chanting New York sucks. Whether you are a yankees fan or a Mets fan, stand behind our great city and root root root for the Yankees. CC will mow down the philthies later tonight and then AJ can finish it in Philthadelphia or we maybe the yanks be nice(How do u like it Rollins?)and let it go to game 6 and finish it in a real city! Like Sinatra sang NewYork NewYork!
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11-01-2009 @ 1:54AM
testaduda said...
Hey Well's don't surgar coat it tell it like it is.
If the Phil's win the series I just hope they don't
riot and burn down the city.
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11-01-2009 @ 2:11AM
jsky64 said...
I lived in that area for 22 years. The fans are the absolute worst. The minute there team loses they dog them so bad. I lived next to Flyers players who said how much they hated playing for Philadelphia. One particular child went to school with my son his father played for the Flyers if his father didn't have a good game the next day the kids would abuse this kid to the point of tears. You know they learned this from there parents. They chase all there great athletics out of there. Charles Barkley, Allen Iverson and T.O for example. There a 2nd rate city. The only thing good about Phillie is Cheese steaks, pretzels and the Liberty bell.
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