Word: megalopolitan
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...Phils summoned a very '90s street attitude. ''Beat this,'' they told the Braves, and took Atlanta four games to two. America's city in 1776 is the U.S. capital of baseball in 1993. Philadelphia, the largest small town in America, is used to being slighted. Where other cities have megalopolitan pride, Philly carries a provincial grudge. So it was happy to see the sporting public embrace Atlanta. In beauty contests, the Phils couldn't win, didn't try. They had a different personality, drawn with the brute simplicity of a police artist's pencil. They were the skungiest bunch...