Citizens Bank Park
We finally got a parade. The Phillies won the World Series and brought delicious victory to a long-starved city. Strangers hugged on Broad Street. Neighbors cheered with Miller Light cans at the parade. Save a few rioters and looters, the city embraced this championship by showing nothing other than goodwill and joy. And nearly a full week after our ballplayers won it all, people on the streets are nicer. Folks are holding doors open for one another. Commuters on the subway are smiling. Maybe this win is all it took to change our city people's reputation from one of standoffish bastards to warm and fuzzy teddy bears. Maybe this will dial back our inferiority complex. Because it wasn't the Yankees or the Red Sox who won this year--it was the Phillies. And we have another 300+ days of, as Chase Utley so eloquently put it, being World Fucking Champions. Enjoy, y'all!
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