The NYT titles its article "Victory in a Place Used to Heartbreak."
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PHILADELPHIA — In a place where the glass always seems half empty...
In the Manayunk section of northwest Philadelphia, bar patrons jubilantly body-surfed through the streets.
Defeat has been regular and excruciating in this city, which has long viewed success, not as a sign of ultimate victory, but as an ominous warning that disaster was just around the corner.
Fans here have a reputation for boorishness, but they are as undyingly faithful as they are sometimes ill tempered.
Philadelphia fans are so used to being cautious and cynical that it is going to take a period of transition.And while the city was exultant Wednesday, some cautioned against getting carried away with victory.
“This is Philadelphia,” said Ken Krieg, a police officer in the suburb of Havertown. “The curse is never really over. They’re toying with us.”
