Alec Bohm Goes From Villain To Forever Connected to Philadelphia In the Span Of One Night
“I fucking hate this place.”
After three errors a and a few sarcastic cheers later, Alec Bohm found himself disgruntled with his current situation as a Phillie.
After he sparked an eight inning comeback and gave an emotional apology post-game, Bohm has never been more connected to Philly sports fans.
You see, Alec Bohm isn’t the first person to fucking hate this place. He’s not going to be the last. And he isn’t going to be the only one who has a full emotional epiphany surrounding a Philadelphia sports team in three hours time.
Bohm’s cry for help and emotional flip perfectly incapsulated what it means to be a Philly sports fan and a Philadelphian. We all fucking hate this place sometimes.
Whether it’s going down 7-0 to the Giants on a Sunday afternoon in October or getting cut off in traffic on 76, we all felt the same brief rage that Bohm felt.
The Eagles make me hate this place at least four times a fall. The Sixers made me hate this place pretty much every 1st quarter this season. The Phillies make me hate this place when their baseman commits three errors and then proclaims he too, hates this place.
Bohm’s emotional about face by the end of the night is a feeling we know all too well. In the end, no matter how angry, no matter how upset, we always come back. We always continue to support our teams. And we ALWAYS support Philadelphia. It’s in our blood and it’s our genetics and no blown Sixers lead or no error by a Phillies third baseman can change us. In the end, we will be right back the next night cheering you on (and sometimes booing you but from a good place).
We will get home from a long day at work, a place we also fucking hate, and use our sports teams as an escape reality. Because after paying for gas, sitting in traffic, working for not enough pay, the one thing that can instantaneously change our mood is an Alec Bohm at-bat that sparks an eight inning rally.
So, we get it Alec. Sometimes we fucking hate this place too. And by making up for your mistakes at the plate and then owning those mistakes in a post-game press conference, it seems like you get this place too.