Spring Training
Philly News Site Picks Great (And Not So Great) Of Clearwater
Philly.com lists the go-to places for Philadelphia Phillies fans to do in Clearwater, and even sends them down to Tampa.
The Philadelphia Phillies are back in town at Bright House Field and so are the fans, and the so-called travel experts from out-of-town newspapers. High Cheese, a Philadelphia Daily News blog published "Clearwater 101" for Phillies fans migrating to Clearwater for Spring Training and while highlights the best of Clearwater in that piece and in "Navigating Clearwater," the news website also takes a dagger to the region. Maybe call it balanced reporting, pointing out the good and the bad, but geez, reporter David Murphy doesn't exactly sell the area. The Philly Phanatic's frolic might have been a more friendly portrayal. Here's how. Bright House Field is the "best spring training stadium in Florida" but don't leave the area, according to …
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Chris
8:34 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
"...the Florida that makes the rest of the country feel better about itself." As opposed to the Philadelphia that makes the rest of the country feel better about itself; which is to say, Philadelphia. Murphy reads like the sort of obnoxious northeastern tool who inspires those bumper stickers that read "We don't care how you do things up north." more ›