The Nationals giving their fans reason to stand up to the Philadelphia invaders
The relationships between towns and their teams evolve over years, not days, months or even a couple of seasons. Countless episodes are needed be build the steel-strong bond. Philadelphia suffered with its Phillies for more than a century, lost more games than any team in history, before finally realizing in recent years that it was safe at last — in fact, it was a most worthy emotional investment — to love the Phils, not boo them.
That Phillie Fascination, so many generations in the making, arrived here in Washington this weekend in waves that mounted tens of thousands high in the stands at Nationals Park. For three games, the majority of the huge crowds of 37,841, 44,685 and 41,727 chanted "Lets Go Phillies" and three times they stood in the bottom of the ninth ready to celebrate wins.
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