We are Philly. We are a prideful city and will uphold any rivalry. We bark and heckle all we want because we can, because that's who we are and how we do things around here. Anyone coming to our home stadiums to root against us should have a clear understanding of how Philadelphia Sports Fans are.

I go to a Phils' away game every season, I've been Boston, L.A., this year to be at Shea. I go wearing my Phillies t-shirt and hat and expect to get heckled, and have been. Sometimes pretty bad. Any visiting team to Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia should have that same expectation, especially Braves and Mets fans in the MLB, Cowboys and Giants fans in the NFL, and especially since we are Philadelphia and we are the most prideful in our sports teams. The Phillies-Mets rivalry is at an alltime high right now, especially after the 2007 season. The players themselves are even heckling each other. There's nothing wrong with that.

I, too, am not condoning violence, but there is nothing unhelathy about a little heckling between sports fans. Violence is unlikely, and it shouldn't be made into a big deal because it rarely happens.

And I think alcohol induces more streaking across the outfield than it does fist fights between fans.