- Fans celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl win have been posting about the need to hide batteries.
- Duracell even got in on the action and released a cryptic video saying that "batteries hold a sacred place in the history of Philly fans."
- It turns out Philly sports fans actually threw batteries onto a sports field in 1999.
- Since then, throwing batteries has become somewhat of an urban legend amongst diehard Philly fans.
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Eagles fans have a weird tradition of throwing batteries at people when they win — here's why
Philly fans are known to be over-the-top, but their tradition of throwing batteries at players they don't like is among the strangest.
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The Philadelphia Eagles won
Many took to social media to celebrate the win, but a
Grease the polls, lock up t... @ Dave Rexrode
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So everyone#emo#s talking about... @ Rachel Navarre
Batteries hold a sacred pla... @ Duracell
The company's tweet sent Philidelphia sports fans into a frenzy.
@Duracell Putting the "batt... @ Bread & Roselles #emo##emo##emo##emo##emo##emo##emo##emo##emo#
Others users gave recommendations on the type of batteries to use.
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Cute I guess but everyone i... @ Tom Riley
Some warned Philly sports fans will destroy the city with batteries.
HOMELESS PHILLY FANS ARE TR... @ Orson Welles
Many people not from Philidelphia were left wondering what the connection is between batteries and Philly sports fans.
Turns out, Philly sports fan actually did throw batteries onto a sports field in 1999. Fans of the Phillies baseball team were upset when J.D. Drew, who was once drafted by the Phillies but refused to sign, played against the home team for the St. Louis Cardinals, which fans saw as a sign of betrayal.
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The crowd proceeded to ridicule Drew with chants, and some even went as far as to throw batteries at him, which is something Phillies fans joke about doing.
Since then, throwing batteries has become somewhat of an urban legend amongst diehard Philly fans, a tradition of sorts.
@Duracell Just so you know,... @ chuck sweeney
Still, some users said batteries were thrown at opposing fans after the games.
Yes, yes they do. I know of... @ Luke Robertsdahl
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So far, no reports of injuries from battery throwing have been reported.
Hiding batteries isn't the only way Philidelphia has prepared for Philly-fan madness.
The city of Philidelphia has tried to prevent overzealous sports fans from climbing on poles by greasing them with Crisco ahead of the NFC Championship game and the Super Bowl.
But Phillies fans cannot be tamed. After the Eagles won the Championship games, fans still attempted to climb the greasy poles as a challenge.
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