If you are looking for a truly bizarre assessment of deviant subgroup behavior in American cities, you could do worse than seeking out the opinions of first basemen from Nashville. This thought came to mind after reading Colorado Rockies slugger Todd Helton's unique explanation of why his team has yet to win a game at San Francisco's Pac Bell Park. It's the Gothic scene. It brings you down.
Nobody is happy around here.
If only that were still true. In fact, San Francisco Giants' fans have never fit the city's arty, chardonnay-sipping stereotype. A well-oiled night Candlestick crowd may not have been quite as psychotic as a Philly crowd, but it was close. And this was a good thing. If nothing else, it balanced out the people with stars spinning in their eyes on Haight Street.