The Daily Philadelphian

Welcome to the Moronic Fan Watch. Here, The Daily Philadelphian will keep tabs on fans throughout the United States and their moronic behavior. The goal is to show that Philly fans are not, indeed, the low class morons the national media have made us out to be throughout the years.

To be clear, we’ve had a few jackasses in the City of Brotherly Love. But, we’re far from the only city to house the village idiots.

STANDINGS — June 13, 2010 to Present

1. New York 3 points

September 2, 2010 — The New York thugs were at it again, causing a fight in the stands — at the U.S. Open. Seriously? A fight at a tennis match? One in which an elderly man is thrown down the steps? Even for New York, this is an all-time low. Yes, we know that the elderly man made the first lunge. That makes this even more audacious. Don’t these people know that it’s supposed to be dead quiet at a tennis match?

July 14, 2010 — Three New Yorkers decided to travel to the Philly region to cause chaos and give us a bad rap. Not on the Moronic Fan Watch’s clock. According to reports, three guys from NY took a bus trip to Chester to watch the Cetic FC face the Philadelphia Union. At the game, they took it upon themselves to alert police to an emergecny with the use of flare guns. Of course, there is a small prolem with that. There was no emergency and the punks decided to set off the flares for the hell of it. Congrats, morons. You’ve earned your fine city a point in the standings.

June 20, 2010 — Lady Gaga, described as a lifelong Yankee fan, was seen in a drunken state half clothed. Great role model for the families there to see a baseball game. While we debated counting Lady gaga’s actions, the fact that she is a true Yankees fan makes the story fair game. Congrats, New York. You and Los Angeles are running away with this now.

2. Los Angeles 2 points

June 25, 2010 — At the NHL Draft in Los Angeles, Kings fans showed Philly fans aren’t the only ones to boo the hell out of a draft pick. The LA Kings fans booed Cam Fowler when he was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks. We understand the crosstown rivalry and the fact that you support your team. But to boo a teenager on the most special night of his young life just because you dislike his team? Really? Classless.

June 2010 — Lakers fans rioted through the streets after their team ended a 367-day championship clinching drought. We can’t imagine suffering a year and two days waiting for our next championship. The audacity of making us wait that long to capture our second straight title.

TIE — 3. Baltimore 1 point

July 22, 2010 — Since the Orioles can’t provide any excitement, a fan took it into his own hands to give the crowd its money’s worth. A kid jumped the fence and expended more energy than the entire team all year. Of course, upon watching the video, you have to wonder who’s more moronic — the fan or the cops who allowed him to make them look like idiots.

TIE — 3. Chicago 1 point

July 21, 2010 — Peter King of Sports Illustrated tweets the following: “I believe this qualifies as now-I’ve-seen-it-all moment: just saw a naked man in Wrigley Field bleachers men’s room washing up. Uh, go Cubs!”

So while Cubs fans aren’t defending Adam Burish or pouring beers on Shane Victorino, they’re parading naked in the men’s restroom. Let’s hope they’re not engaging in Strawbirdge’s type behavior here. This story likely never makes it past King’s Twitter account, but it should. And, now, it does.

TIE — 3. Cleveland 1 point

July 8, 2010 — Cleveland fans took to the streets and burned jerseys of former icon LeBron james. It’s honestly tough to include Cavs fans in the Moronic Fan Watch siimply because Philly fans can feel their pain. We’ve seen countless stars leave our city. However, at the end of the day, this is an act we’d get railed for. As a result, Cleveland fans make the rankings. If nothing else, they burned $75-$150 jerseys is kind of dumb.

4. THE FIELD
Since launching the Moronic fan Standings on June 13, 2010, no other fans have acted out. We’re waiting. Someone do something stupid today.

About the Moronic Fan Standings
What really got us motivated and fired up to start tracking fan behavior across the United States was coverage of the recent Stanley Cup Finals. First, Dan McNeil hacked his way through a column in which he described the Flyers fans as low rent because some women were fat and some used profanity. OK, I guess that’s worse than throwing beer on an opposing player during a game.

McNeil is not the first, nor last, to do so. TJ Simers ripped Philly fans during the 2001 NBA Finals. Then, during the 2009 NLCS, he dug up and ran the same column again.

The bottom line is from this point one — June 13, 2010 to be exact — we’ll break down which fans are doing what. Each negative action will be worth a point. Then, we can see who has the moronic fans. Links to stories will be posted.

Since we can’t obviously keep track of everything, we’ll need your help. If you see or read about a moronic fan action in the United States, e-mail us at MoronicFans@gmail.com.

Thanks for your help. Together, we can paint a new image for Philly’s sports fans!