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look at that beautiful city. chris matthews, what can you see where you are? >> well, the pope just passed by here, and he's approaching the art museum right behind where he's going to say mass and, of course, you know, to capture the true philadelphia spirit, all you have to do is think of "rocky." rocky is this kid from an italian neighborhood, hard luck life, club fighter, not getting anywhere. he gets his title shot. he goes the distance against apollo creed, the champ. chance of a lifetime. he lives up to it. that's the city. it wants its break. it hasn't had a lot of them. sports have been brutal ever since the gee whiz kids of the '60s when they blue the pennant race when they had it made. there's so much of that with the eagles. if you go to an eagles game, you think you're at a roman coliseum rebuilt.