Philadelphia Riots at a Minimum After World Series Win
Coverage of the aftermath of the World Series win showed countless shots of fans congregating on Broad Street, Frankford, and other major Philadelphia roads. There were some shots of fires, climbing on poles, and a small police presence. A local CBS news truck was also being pushed around by fans at one points.
However, nothing in the championship celebration approached the level of a riot. Fans even got to ride on a fire truck as it went back to the station after taking care of fires. Nothing appeared to be caught on tape of any major Philadelphia riots, and few arrests were reported.
Despite the mangled reputation of Philadelphia sports fans, they are known for many things except for causing riots. They may throw snowballs and battery and cheer at things they shouldn't have, but the Philadelphia championship parties of the '70s and '80s were not typified by riots. They were more typified by the sheer amount of revelers on the Philadelphia streets, not by the property damage they did.
While Philadelphia gets a bad rap for fan behavior, other cities are more famous for causing riots after wins. Detroit is the other major city most often known for rowdy behavior, with the championship celebrations in the past for the Pistons, Red Wings and Michigan State Spartans.
Colorado also got some bad press after Avalanche fans had to be pepper sprayed after their Stanley Cup win in 2001.
Sports championship celebrations are almost a big a part of a sports event than the game itself, as cities are constantly put on alert to see how they handle a big win. Some cities fail miserably, or give the appearance of it, in a way that slightly dampens their team's achievement.
Other cities, like Philadelphia thus far, rise up to it and let their team enjoy history without an unpleasant aftermath.
Sources
Blogs at the Triangle- "Riots in Center City following the Phillies World Series Title win" blogs.thetriangle.org/sports/2008/10/30/riots-in-center-city-following-the-phillies-world-series-title-win/
SI.com- "Sports and riots have nothing in common" sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/tim_layden/04/09/viewpoint/index.html
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10 Comments
Post a Commenthahahhaha i found this article searching to see if they tore the city down last night just bc we won the NLCS! LOL...i was at the 'riots' last year...almost got hit in the head w/ a bottle lol...watched 20 people try to tip the school bus WITH POLICE ON IT! ...na the RIOTS WERE MINIMAL HA!
umm....we here in detroit win a championship about every three years. i think the last time there was any "rowdy" behaviour was the 1984 ws. look it up
Worthless Philadelphia trash. Just goes to show you how ignorant and pathetic these people are.
people died, stores were looted, fires were started, riot police showed up, things were broken. It was definitely a riot
You should leave the reporting up to someone that was actually there
Uhm... You don't call flipping over a septa bus stop and using it as a bettering ram to break through the windows of Robbinson's luggage a riot?
Were you even in Philadelphia?
My friends and I headed down there at about 11 last night, and as soon as we hit broad street, we walked a block, and saw a guy holding up a traffic light, pole and all, and then just dropped it. We crossed the street, and there were 3 riot cops, not doing anything. There were broken windows everywhere, people throwing bottles, we passed a man screaming at another guy with a giant branch in his hand and they were about to start a fight. Last night was pretty much a riot.
Wrong. I was out on the streets in Philly last night and there were flipped over cars, smashed store windows, parking meters ripped out of the ground, bottles being thrown everywhere. Last night definitely counted as a riot.
"Despite the mangled reputation of Philadelphia sports fans, they are known for many things except for causing riots. They may throw snowballs ||||| and battery and cheer at things they shouldn't have, ||||| "
Rework that last part. Otherwise, thank you for the updates on Philadelphia!