Baseball Today

[JDS]

Sorry to hear that, pal.

It's fukkin tough going through something like that.

Especially when you're very young like I was.

But that was South Philly back in the day. We didn't give two fukks.

I grew up in a corner in South Philly across the street from a public school. Filled with shines.

Every day, upon walking home from my school, which was Catholic, there would be no less than 100 old heads on the corner throwing empty bottles of beer at the shines as they left the school.

You should have seen it to believe it. Never saw so many shines ccompletely terrified like that before or since.

They would run as soon as school got out.

One day, a bunch of Puerto Ricans came into the neighborhood to play baseball against my neighborhood youth team.

My neighborhood was beautiful, spotless. We had our own baseball field to play on.

So they came down to play on our field. My buddy, Franny, his little brother, David, was on that youth team.

So the Puerto Ricans came down to play, and after the game was over, one of them decided to start a fight with David.

When my buddy Franny found out, he called me and told me what happened. I said I'll be right there.

Went to his house and we went to find the Puerto Rican who fought his brother.

We find him, and Franny just saw red and grabbed the dude, and threw him through an alley door breaking the door.

Franny fukked him up so bad all I could do was laugh and grab Franny off of him.

Turns out the dude Franny fukked up had an older brother, too.

And this dude when he found out what Franny did to his older brother, came down into our neighborhood with over 30 of his Puerto Rican friends looking for Franny.

Well, Franny wasn't around them, because he went to the hospital to see his brother who was getting stitches.

But guess who was around?

Yours truly and my buddy Brian.

Brian came out of his house and handed me a baseball bat and he had one for himself.

So the dude comes down with over 30 of his boys, and it's me and Brian standing against them in the street.

The dude looked at us and couldn't believe it. I'll never forget this...

First words out of his mouth was "Where's the dude who fukked my brother up?"

I said where the fukk do you think he is?

At that, the dude says I'm not playing, where's the dude?

Brian says where the fukk do you think he is?

Meanwhile, his boys are just standing around nit doing or saying shit.

I said dude did you come here to fight or talk? Make a move.

At that, Brian raises his bat and says make a fukkin move or get the fukk out of here.

Meanwhile , the while neighborhood is watching form the windows waiting to see what's next.

The dude says mother fukker I'll be back this ain't over and made a move to leave.

I said we'll be waiting for you bitches whenever you want it.

Then they just left.

That story has since become legend in South Philly history.

The day when 2 stood against many.

Whenever I see Brian now he reminds of it amd we have a drink and a laugh.

That was old time South Philly.

Too many details in that story to be fabricated, you got a lot heart Philly. You are a big guy, your presence alone I'm sure is intimidating, even as a young lad.

 

[sunshine11]

A 4L and 4ATS losses.

 

[phillyflyers]

Too many details in that story to be fabricated, you got a lot heart Philly. You are a big guy, your presence alone I'm sure is intimidating, even as a young lad.

I did not exaggerate one word.

Exactly as it happened. Real names too.

I wouldn't lie.

Plus growing up in the street, you had to have heart.

We prided ourselves on it.

This is why I'm like what you see here.

People call me a racist but they don't know what I seen and been through.

I know always what side I'm on and it ain't the fukkin shines for sure.

Think it was easy to be a Republican in South Philly back in the day?

Think it was easy to be Italian growing up in an Irish neighborhood?

Think it was easy to handle a 40 year old woman when you're 14?

Think it was easy to navigate over 100 hundred old heads standing on the corner who've been drinking all day when you're 10 and 11?

Think it was easy when the first girl my age I fell in love with leaves for college out west?I almost died because of it.

Wasn't easy.

By any means.

So when guys here call me a racist or whatever I just laugh.

They haven't seen what I have. NOT EVEN CLOSE.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

Too many details in that story to be fabricated, you got a lot heart Philly. You are a big guy, your presence alone I'm sure is intimidating, even as a young lad.

The Puerto Ricans had a 15 to "Juan" advantage

 

[phillyflyers]

The Puerto Ricans had a 15 to "Juan" advantage

They did but because of those bitches I now have my name carved into a plaque in the back of the Irish organization I help founded.

I am, by any and all measure, a true South Philly legend.

 

[Pimike]

Drugs are for a weak minded people

 

[phillyflyers]

Drugs are for a weak minded people

I don't know, bro.

I think a lot has to do with young people looking to experiment.

To get experience, to see what it feels like to be high.

I could be wrong who knows?

 

[Pimike]

Happy Resurrection Eve. Philly

 

[phillyflyers]

Happy Resurrection Eve. Philly

You too pal. All the best to you and your family always and that goes for EVERYONE here.

God Bless.

 

[phillyflyers]

What happened?

I opened up a bottle of wine, drank it, then I just woke up.

 

[djefferis]

Looks like you had a sold day on your single plays at 5-2

Happy Easter - keep it going if you decide to play today.

A couple of very chalky games and a lot of more evenly matched ones. Likely to just enjoy Easter dinner with the fam and skip bases today myself - just some EPL soccer. Looks like a couple of good matchups in Italy today this afternoon too.

 

[phillyflyers]

Looks like you had a sold day on your single plays at 5-2

Happy Easter - keep it going if you decide to play today.

A couple of very chalky games and a lot of more evenly matched ones. Likely to just enjoy Easter dinner with the fam and skip bases today myself - just some EPL soccer. Looks like a couple of good matchups in Italy today this afternoon too.

Happy Easter pal.

Happy Easter to everyone!

 

[phillyflyers]

5 Pick Parlay +1623

SGP Phillies ML + Over 8.5 +152

Nationals/Rockies Under 10.5 -112

Cardinals/Mets Over 7 -112

Reds/Orioles Over 9 -110

HAPPY EASTER!

 

[phillyflyers]

Phils up 3-0 after 1.

 

[ttwarrior1]

wtf is a shine