Philadelphia version of romantic bliss. (Donald B. Kravitz, DBKphoto/Shutterstock)

Philadelphia version of romantic bliss. (Donald B. Kravitz, DBKphoto/Shutterstock)

The D.C. man who lit up Craigslist last week by searching for a wedding date in the personals section—turns out, he and his date had a great time—was just the beginning. He’s inspired copycats, and among a very suspect group of individuals.

Philadelphia sports fans, who are now so desperate for attention, or simply tickets to this weekend’s games at Nationals Park, that they’re looking for a hookup in the w4m section.

A young woman describing herself as die-hard Phillies fan posted a personal today, writing that she started looking for tickets to this weekends game between the bitter rivals after her planned trip “down the shore” went belly-up. (In Philadelphia parlance, that would mean the Jersey Shore which, geographically speaking, is actually up the coastline from D.C.’s latitudinal position.)

But in scuttled vacation plans, the 23-year-old phanatic is seeking baseball tickets, and maybe a new friend. “I’ll buy your ticket, and you can pay me back by buying me a beer every few innings or so (okay, probably it’ll be more like every inning),” she writes in the ad. “We will bond our over our shared love of Philly sports, argue about how many Cy Young awards Jonathan Pettibone will win in the next decade, heckle Jayson Werth, and maybe even share our musings on what the Chip Kelly era will look like if we’re feeling intimate.”

Breaking that down quickly:

  • Jonathan Pettibone is a 22-year-old rookie who while good, is no Matt Harvey, or even Jordan Zimmermann. And, if one overlooks the tepid run support, Stephen Strasburg is having a better season, too.
  • Jayson Werth remains on the disabled list until at least Friday, and possibly longer, so any taunts directed at him will probably land on a platoon of Bryce Harper, Roger Bernadina and Tyler Moore. Harper, for what it’s worth, has a career batting average of .313 against the Phillies, so nag him at your own team’s risk.
  • We don’t really want to mix Eagles Head Coach Chip Kelly—or really anything about the Eagles—with intimate thoughts.

She’s apparently quite serious about her Phillies baseball. But the poster, who came to D.C. in college, actually likes it here, with one exception.

“I really like it here except for all the stupid Nats donkeys,” she writes.

Other important elements from her Craigslist ad:

  • “I love the Phillies and the Eagles, and I’m not one of those annoying chicks who wears pink Chase Utley tank tops and just gets shitfaced in the parking lot without actually watching the game.
  • “What I look like (I know you want to know): I’m a pretty generic looking cute Irish lass. I stay in shape. For full disclosure: I don’t have the rack to be a wingette (nor am I nearly trashy enough), but I’m definitely no ‘butterbod’.”

But just who does she want to go to the game with? After all, these are Phillies fans we’re talking about. “You’re 22-29 and originally from Philly or South Jersey,” she writes. “You moved down to D.C. for work or school a couple years ago, and are quite happy living here, but you still never shut the fuck up about how great Philly is.”

For what it’s worth, Philadelphia placed 24th in a Bloomberg Businessweek ranking last of the United States’ 50 best cities. Washington placed third. But we digress; after all, Philadelphia is a city defined largely by its sports fandom.

“Your level of Philadelphia sports douchebaggery is within one standard deviation of mine,” she continues.” You’re funny. Like really funny. Almost everything you say should be funny, and the rest can be a combination of charm, compliments, profanity, and how you have a paying job.”

DCist contacted the poster, who declined to give her name. To her credit, she acknowledges the frustrating role Philadelphia sports fans cast. “To me Philadelphia sports douchebaggery means you know that Philly sports fans the greatest people on the planet and also the worst,” she writes. “It’s a contradiction that makes sense to us.”

So, if you’ve got tickets to this weekends game, and you’re also looking for a date, get in touch with her. Just email with your seat assignments, along with a photo of yourself at Citizens Bank Park, why you’d show her a good time at a Nationals-Phillies game, and whether you prefer Geno’s or Pats. (Pro tip: You should probably say Jim’s or Tony Lukes.)