From: Fitzpatrick, Frank
To: Ford, Bob; Gonzalez, John
Subject: Philly vs. L.A.
You're asking the wrong guy. I've got a visceral love for Philly - though that may be the crab fries I had during the NLDS. The things I love about Philly - the history, the attitude, the four seasons, the myopic parochialism - you just don't get out here. It's like comparing scrapple and salsa.
From: Gonzalez, John
To: Ford, Bob; Fitzpatrick, Frank
Subject: Philly vs. L.A.
Yeah, I'm one of the willfully, unapologetically provincial people you're talking about, Fitzy. I'll take Philly over L.A. in nine out of 10 categories - the 10th being the weather.
When we landed in Cali on Wednesday, it was raining and the temperature was maybe 60 or 65 degrees. Ford and I looked at each other and wondered whether the plane had been diverted to Seattle by accident. The City of Angels is generally paradise when it comes to the weather - mudslides and other natural disasters aside.
From: Ford, Bob
To: Gonzalez, John; Fitzpatrick, Frank
Subject: Philly vs. L.A.
Why does everything have to be our-city-is-best with you guys? Are you that insecure? It's the same with fans. If I get one more e-mail from people insisting the broadcast crews are pro-L.A., I'm going to scream. Do you think the people in Paris care what Lyon thinks about them? Does London scour the Internet to see what Norwich is saying? No, no, no. Stop being so insecure.
There are great things in Los Angeles. There are great things in Philadelphia. One does not have to be better than another.
From: Gonzalez, John
To: Ford, Bob; Fitzpatrick, Frank
Subject: Philly vs. L.A.
I knew you'd defend L.A., Buttons. You've always struck me as a closet Communist.
