Tickenest's Journal: **No Title**

So in today's other news, Smarty Jones lost at the wire to Birdstone in the Belmont Stakes.

Goddamnit.

As a 24-year old Philly native, I don't know what it's like for a Philly team to win a championship. The city's last title was in 1983, and obviously, I don't remember a lick of it.

God fucking damnit.

I have no idea what it's like when a team you've rooted for as long as you can remember finally wins a championship. We've come close several times, but invariably, we fail. We can't even win by proxy (Philadelphia Park, Smarty Jones' home track, is actually in Bensalem, PA.) We can't win when one of our college bball teams gets hots for a full season and makes a run. We can't win when we make it to the conference championship game 3 straight years. We can't win when we play Toronto in the World Series. We can't beat the Lakers or the Red Wings.

gg