Phillies and Philadelphia fans as a whole are known for harassing opponents. If you Google “Phillies fans”, some of the terms that come up include “throw batteries”, “are the worst”, and “boo Santa Claus”. Just this year, one fan was ejected by a home plate umpire for heckling. Messing with opponents is a longstanding tradition in Philadelphia.
Game Two of this year’s World Series had to be moved up from eight to seven PM in order to beat an incoming barrage of rain. If you remember, the Phils and Rays also had to deal with rain in their World Series back in 2008.