With a rare lemons-into-lemonade attitude, the Philadelphia area has found a way to take New York’s trash and turn it into wealth for residents. Maybe the Phillies should take note.
For years New York City has been sending about 2,500 tons of trash daily to mega-landfills that are only 30 miles north of Citizens Bank Park, in Morrisville, Tullytown and Falls Township, reports the New York Times.
In return for putting up New York’s trash, residents get free trash pick-up, four-wheel-drive vehicles and annual checks of $5,000 each. New York City pays Waste Management, and in turn Waste Management pays millions to its host municipalities.
“New York’s trash is our cash,” chuckled Dan Dougherty, a 56-year-old foreman watching Game 2 on Thursday night at Dacey’s Pub on West Philadelphia Avenue in Morrisville.
This may be a good lesson for the Phillies. With New York leading the World Series 3-1, the Phillies need more lemons-to-lemonade attitude, as do the fans.
Take last night’s game 4: If only the Phillies had taken Ryan Howard’s “free” run, in which he never touched home plate but nobody seemed to notice, as a “garbage” call that they could turn into a golden win, there may have been a different outcome.
The Yankees certainly know how to do it. The ever-despised A-Rod was hit three times by pitchers over two games, channeled that, and won the game with a go-ahead, two-out double in the ninth. But then again, what else can you expect from a man who has two paintings of him portrayed as a centaur hanging over his bed.
