I don’t even think this is a case of Philly sports fans being a different breed. I think this is just, well, something that could happen at any game if a traveling fan made a very poor decision.
In other words, while I am *not* saying it’s cool to chuck a dude’s phone onto the field, I do want to say that taking your phone and shoving it in a rival fan’s face while you record and laugh at him is probably not a great idea:
Phillies fan LAUNCHES Mets fanโs phone (via @philly_captain) pic.twitter.com/JO57ePNmbL
— Crossing Broad (@CrossingBroad) April 14, 2022
The game just ended. The home team lost. And you’re on the road doing that? Yikes. That could’ve ended a LOT worse for that guy than simply losing his phone for however long it took the field crew to retrieve it.
Also: did you see the Phillies fan, at the end, deciding he better book it out of there?