Why Philly?

Andrew Felician invited me to Shilito Park to play ball one night. I brought Jeremy Arnold along and we had a great time playing. As we left, Jeremy turned to me and said, “You know… we should really bring Gatorade up here or something.” It was a great idea. It was in the 80s and there was no water fountain, so sounded perfect. Next week, we brought two coolers full of Gatorade and when they discovered it was free, it went out in just seconds. Through that, I got in some really good conversations with some guys who asked, “Why did you all do this?” One guy I talked to said he had moved from Philly two years before and no one would ever do that in Philly. “Okay, Philly it is.” 6 months later…