"A veritable cheesesteak between covers, Mike Tanier's The Philly Fan's Code is a book no self-respecting Philadelphia sports fan can be without."
—Gregg Easterbrook, ESPN
"Honest, incisive, funny, and compulsively readable, The Philly Fan's Code is the perfect book for Philly sports fans. Mike Tanier offers a fresh take on age-old debates about the legacies of the city's most memorable and controversial athletes, inviting readers to reconsider the reputation and history of Philadelphia fans."
—Tom McAllister, author of Bury Me in My Jersey: A Memoir of My Father, Football, and Philly
Mike Tanier is a senior writer at Football Outsiders and a regular contributor to The New York Times and NBCSports.com.
Introduction
1. The Answer in Theory, but Not in Practice
2. The Bully Who Made Us Believe
3. The Slugger Who Won Our Hearts, Eventually
4. The Man, and the Man Crush
5. The Showman We Could Not Boo. Or Could We?
6. The Babe Ruth of Backspin
7. The Haunted, Eternal Samurai
8. The Defense of the Minister
9. The Role Model for the Non-Role Models
10. He Called Us the F-Word
11. He Brooded Back at Us
12. The Idiot Man, Hallelujah
13. Better Than the Greatest, If Only Briefly
14. The Reluctant Enforcer
15. The Once and Future Captain
16. The Pan-Dimensional Catcher
17. He Left Us So He Could Stay with Us
18. The Baby Brother We Could Not Pick On. Yet.
19. The Haters’ Favorite
20. The Ultimate Something or Other
Intermission: Coaches and Executives
21. The Forever Flyer
22. The Man from Lovetron
23. He Taught Us to Win, and Laid Off the Action
24. The Origin of the Booed Species
25. The Other Fighter
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