Eagles fans have yet to celebrate a championship in the "Super Bowl Era". The 76ers have yet to win a title since Dr. J was inventing driving to the lane. The Phillies have taken some time to get over Joe Carter. Danny Briere had not even been born the last time the Flyers captured the Cup.
This passionate sports city has dealt with recently— three straight losses in the NFC Title Game (Eagles), blowing a 3-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals (Flyers), zero playoff wins since 1993 (Phillies), and a team looking to develop a winning culture (76ers).
They have every right to be pissed off! But the city that is known for booing underachievers (Lindros, McNabb) and even legends (Mike Schmidt), is passionate about their sports—just watch out if you ever happen to play or coach there!
No. 1: Manager of the New York Yankees
From what Yankee fans tell me, they have 26 World Championships. That's a lot of pressure to anybody who works at Yankee Stadium, but most of that falls into the lap of the manager.
The manager is responsible for making sure that 25 men play their hearts (and contracts) out to win and avoid anything that can become front page news in the New York papers.
No matter what you have done for the Steinbrenner family, your job will never be safe. Just ask Joe Torre (managed four championships), Yogi Berra (10 titles as a player) or most of all Billy Martin (five stints as manager).All who were either pushed out the door, fired after being promised they wouldn't be fired or feuding with the Steinbrenners in the sports pages.
No job has the pressure of dealing with hardcore New York fans, the vicious media, and the toughest owning family in professional sports.
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