Happy Super Bowl Sunday,everybody! Today it’s the battle between the Ravens and the 49ers, but it’s also the Battle of the Bays: San Francisco Bay vs. Chesapeake Bay and the battle to see which city is better in this edition of the Tale of the Tape!
Last championship
San Francisco-About four months ago
Baltimore-2000 with the Ravens
Advantage-San Francisco
Crustacean of Choice
Advantage-Push
Famous Landmarks
San Francisco-Golden Gate Bridge
Baltimore-Edgar Allen Poe House
Advantage-San Francisco
Nicknames
San Francisco-The City
Baltimore-Charm City
Advantage-Baltimore (Though I admit that The City logo looked sweet on the Warriors’ uniforms back in the day)
Ironmen of the City
San Francisco-Justin Smith
Baltimore-Cal Ripken,Jr.
Advantage-Baltimore
Famous Musical Acts
San Francisco-Journey, Huey Lewis and the News,and The Grateful Dead
Baltimore-Tori Amos, Billie Holiday,and Mario
Advantage-San Francisco
Best view of the city
Advantage-Push
More likely to see walking down the street
San Francisco-Robin Williams
Baltimore-John Waters
Advantage-San Francisco
Greatest moment in sports history
Baltimore-Cal Ripken breaking Lou Gehrig’s streak
Advantage-Push
Sad farewells
San Francisco-Jerry Rice leaving for Oakland
Baltimore-When the Colts left for Indianapolis on the Mayflower
Advantage-Baltimore
So the edge goes to San Francisco, but cheer up Baltimore,things are changing for the better,plus you guys have The Wire which was a fantastic show. Take that,Full House! That’s it for this edition of Tale of the Tape. We’ll try and do this more often!