Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Citizens Opening Post-Mortem...
Media reaction to Citizens Opening: I think most fans agree with the Inquirer's Bob Ford: the Phillies were terrible, the locale was beautiful. Reading the Inquirer's coverage it seems to be a common refrain: Larry Eichel & Nathan Gorenstein agree. ESPN's Jayson Stark chimes in with ... pretty much the same theme. CNNSI's Paul Donovan, meanwhile, celebrates the end of the "cookie-cutter" stadium.
I'm surprised that more people aren't drawing parallels to the opening of the Linc: the Eagles lost their first two games there and still went 12-4. Opening 1-6 and losing the first game at Citizens is disappointing, but most teams open their new stadiums with losses. It is hardly time to press the panic button ...
... yet.
I'm surprised that more people aren't drawing parallels to the opening of the Linc: the Eagles lost their first two games there and still went 12-4. Opening 1-6 and losing the first game at Citizens is disappointing, but most teams open their new stadiums with losses. It is hardly time to press the panic button ...
... yet.
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