The Philadelphia Phillies are one game from winning their first World Series Championship since 1980. They’ve dispatched the Tampa Bay Rays in impressive fashion three of four games so far and they could end the series tonight with Cole Hamels is on the hill.

While the team on the field has been impressive and powerful the fans in the stands have again earned notoriety for their anti-social behavior, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Todd Zolecki.

Rays manager Joe Maddon during his press conference before game four talked of how he exchanged some banter with a fan drinking Coors Light, indicating that any decent Philadelphian should be drinking Schmidt or Rolling Rock.

But he then pleaded with the fans to lay off of his granddaughter. Apparently some of the drunken idiots had been pelting her with mustard packets. I don’t know how old she is or where she is sitting, but come on – at the end of the day it’s still just a baseball game.

What possible reason could there be to throw stuff at kids? Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Shane Victorino and the aforementioned Hamels are among the best in the game at their positions. They’re fun to watch and they’re close to bringing the city a championship the fans can celebrate.

Too bad a few yahoos apparently are trying to overshadow the experience.