Tailgating and trash-talking starts at the Trop
It's a nice afternoon for grilling, sipping beer and tossing baseballs, so that's what plenty of people are doing in parking areas outside Tropicana Field, some four hours before the Rays' first-ever World Series game.
Jeff Raudenbush of Orlando was wearing bright red Philadelphia Phillies gear and dissing everybody who wasn't.
"The only real fans here are Phillies fans, everyone else who's not a Phillies fan is a fair-weather bandwagon fan," said Raudenbush, 23.
In that latter group he includes his roommate Hunter Welch, who is a Chicago White Sox fan -- but came to the Trop in a Rays shirt.
-- Matthew Albucher, Times staff Writer
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Of Orlando does not constitute from Orlando, for starters. Personally while reading the comments on here the amount of ignorance and lack of class shines through. Not to mention there numerous amount of successful people that were "bred from orlando".
Posted by: Yvonne | October 23, 2008 at 10:31 PM
from the first few comments on here... looks like the drinking has started a bit early.
Posted by: Paul | October 22, 2008 at 06:29 PM
orlando breeds douchebags, not surprising
Posted by: mrbaseball | October 22, 2008 at 04:40 PM
Why did you move to OUR state you piece of trash? Go back to your hell hole.
Posted by: Rush | October 22, 2008 at 04:32 PM
So this guy is from Orlando but is a Philly fan. Typical classless piece of trash that moves down here from the northeast. This guy will most likely get tossed from the Trop before the 3rd inning
Posted by: | October 22, 2008 at 04:18 PM