Hot take: Pennsylvania sports fans' bucket list is offensive
The big picture: Deadspin asked 2,000 sports fans across the country to share their ultimate bucket list experience, and Pennsylvanians chose … Fenway.
Why it matters: Ya'll are a bunch of Benedict Arnolds, selling yourselves out to those hardos.
Thought bubble: Player fraternization has watered down sports' best rivalries, and it's diluting what was once an insidious battle between Boston and Philadelphia for historical, cultural and sporting dominance.
Worse, Citizens Bank Park — a glistening beauty in South Philly and one of the most fearsome places to play in the postseason — isn't on anyone's bucket list.
What they're saying: Hear me out, you say, Pennsylvania? So I did, turning to Axios Boston's Steph Solis for guidance. What's so great about Fenway Park that we must debase ourselves in their glory?
"Even as a baseball-agnostic transplant, I've got to appreciate the charm of having a brick-style ballpark in the middle of the city," Solis tells me.
Threat level: Whatever happened to standing on business?
You think Nick Foles would've handed Ken Doll-looking Tom Brady the Lombardi Trophy in 2018?
No, he still rubs in that epic takedown of the Patriots every effing chance he gets.
No, for the love of beer, he'd splash a Sam Adams lager in his face.
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