You can’t take away meaningful professional sports in South Philly and expect everyone to act normal

SOUTH PHILLY – I know we have stated time and time again that late-February is literally the worst time of year countless numbers of times on The Liberty Line.

Every year, we’re met with the start of Spring Training down in Clearwater, Florida but with the weather being absolute shit here in Philly, fans aren’t ready to immediately jump into Phillies baseball at the moment. 

The aura of a Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl win is still here but there’s only so many posts you can write about it three weeks after-the-fact, ya know? 

As for the Flyers and Sixers…these are two Philly sports teams that have continuously disappointed me, every year, no matter the month, throughout my entire 37-years on earth. 

While there’s a slight glimmer of hope for the Matvei Michkov led Flyers, the Philadelphia 76ers are on a collision course for another dance with “The Process” while refusing to acknowledge that’s actually happening. 

That brings us to March. We aren’t quite there yet with Phillies baseball. The weather is finally turning but we’re all stuck inside working all day, and still, the Flyers and Sixers are proving to be ultimate letdowns again this season. 

Sure, we have THE PLAYERS starting this week, which leads us into March Madness and eventually Opening Day but people are restless, and nothing captures that better than this Reddit post from a South Philly resident searching for a good old fashioned fist fight.  

You can’t just take away professional sports from South Philly and expect everyone to act normal. That’s not how this works.

Instead, people have resorted to setting up fights on Reddit.

Fist Fight in South Philly:

The Science of the South Philly Scrap

The dude organizing this offseason brawl behind a Wawa knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s got it down to a science.

At first, I thought that the entire post was borderline insane but if you think about it, I respect the fact that this person is looking to let out all of his anger with an old fashioned fist fight. It’s clear that he’s no stranger to it either. 5-7 minute rounds (depending on his opponents stamina is absolutely perfect.

Weight classes and gloves are complete waste of time. Either show up ready to throw some knuckles or don’t even bother replying. If you want to bring a friend, by all means, the more the merrier.

Shoutout South Philly

Sure. Everyone has made the same joke about football ending and people getting restless in the streets of South Philly but this type of behavior runs through our blood. This city thrives on controlled chaos. The Broad Street Bullies, Rocky (I hate myself for this reference), the entire 700 Level of the Vet—fighting is tradition.

What else are these guys supposed to do? Sit patiently and meditate? Please.

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