Philadelphia has always been known as a notoriously tough place to play. Whatever the sport you choose to look at, the crowds around Philadelphia have garnered a reputation for being difficult to perform in front of, whether you are a member of the home team or visiting from another city. There’s no reason to rehash all of the things that the lame national media chooses to dredge up. However, if you watched the playoffs for baseball this fall, you noticed how hard it was for other teams to play here.
The other day, Rob Thomson relayed a story about how one opposing team mentioned to him that playing here was akin to playing in somewhere a tad.