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Philadelphia Fans May Have Gotten Soft, But That Is Okay

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 06: Trea Turner #7 of the Philadelphia Phillies rounds bases during the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Citizens Bank Park on August 06, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

After last Friday’s rousing standing ovation for Trea Turner, many are going out of their way to say that this doesn’t mean that the city of Philadelphia has gone soft. The city decided to give a $300 million dollar player who had underachieved a

HE ANSWERED THE CALL#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/TquMSmVkV8

— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) August 5, 2023?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> bigger ovation than Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, Roy Halladay, Mike Schmidt, and Bryce Harper ever received. Turner’s teammates seem to love it, and the Phillies put up a billboard to thank the fans.

Some called it wonderful; some called it a beautiful display by the fans, but it was extremely soft based on previous Philadelphia sports standards. There is nothing wrong with being soft if the works. The Fultz & Simmons comparisons don’t hold up because neither had the track record or the contract that Turner has. 

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Again, soft doesn’t have to equal bad. The new Phillies fanbase is different. They chose to try to lift a player up who has not been scrutinized unfairly by the city. They protected a guy who didn’t need protecting. This is new energy.

Philadelphia has prided itself on toughness forever and that hasn’t gotten us much. 1 Super Bowl title, 2 NBA titles, 2 World Series, and 2 Stanley Cups is not enough for a sports town as passionate as Philadelphia. It has always been you get cheered when you succeed. You get cheered when you come back from an injury for the 1st time. You get cheered when you return to the city if you played well here. That hasn’t led to much success. Maybe this new soft energy will pay off. 

Even though I am uncomfortable with how Turner was treated because it removed all his accountability for his own poor play. I think that the fans who did it could possibly have the right idea. It was extremely soft, but if soft leads to titles, then we should all be extremely soft. The dynamic between fan and player may need to change. For 100 years the dynamic has been the fan reacts to what the players do on the field. Maybe in 2023 we must cheer guys no matter what the result is. This is radical when you see it on paper. But Friday that is exactly what happened, and fans felt GREAT about it. 

Instead of worrying about being called soft, I think the fans who participated should embrace the softness and spread it out even more. I would rather be called soft at a parade then be called tough at home. 

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Tyrone Johnson is the host of “The Best Show Ever” on 97.5 The Fanatic. He has been with the station for the past 8 years. Before working at the Fanatic, Tyrone produced political radio, did financial reports, and was assistant chief engineer of another radio station. As a content creator for 97.5 The Fanatic, Tyrone writes articles on the Sixers, Eagles, Phillies, and Flyers.

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