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Our Friendly Town Gets Friendlier With Phillies' Success

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Do people seem nicer since Roy Halladay threw his no-hitter? It seems the good vibes are rolling through Philadelphia these days.

Brett Mapp, a lifelong Phillies fan, says he's seen a major attitude adjustment in people this week:

"They're a whole lot nicer. It just makes us feel good. Everyone is a little extra friendly."

Temple University pscyhologist Frank Farley says, "Sports can do that."  He adds, "A sports team can sort of capture the mood of a city, and we put so much into it, so much of our aspirations and our excitement."

So that, when things are going well, people are a lot more tolerant and friendly.

(Woman:)  "I was even nice to my friend's son who lives near New York and is talking trash already about the Yankees.  And I was even nice to him."

Reported by Paul Kurtz, KYW Newsradio.
Photo submitted to cbsphilly.com

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