Posted January 31, 2013

Tale Of The Tape: Baltimore vs. San Francisco

Sizing up the Super Bowl cities ahead of Sunday's big game

The pundits have spent the past two weeks exhaustively probing and deconstructing Sunday’s matchup between the Ravens and 49ers. Leave it to Extra Mustard to determine how Baltimore and San Francisco measure up where it really counts: from pop-cultural cache to historical arcana. Which bayside city reigns supreme? You be the judge.


Baltimore	San Francisco

Namesake
Cecilius Calvert (“Lord of Baltimore”), first proprietor of Maryland Colony, promoter of religious tolerance	St. Francis of Assisi, Italian Catholic friar and preacher, patron saint of animals

Local treat
Blue crab	Dungeness crab

Sitcom


Literary legend
Edgar Allen Poe	Jack Kerouac

Famous expat
Elaine Benes	Joe DiMaggio

Antihero
Jimmy McNulty	Harry Callahan

Guilty pleasure
Berger Cookies	Ghirardelli chocolate

Sporting heartbreak
Robert Irsay moves Colts to Indianapolis under cover of darkness	NHL awards Sharks to San Jose instead of San Francisco

Cheerleading alumna
Stacy Kiebler	Teri Hatcher

Home run king
Babe Ruth was born there	Barry Bonds played there

Politician of note
Spiro T. Agnew	Harvey Milk

Omnipresent architecture
Rowhouses	Painted Ladies

Local libation
Natty Boh	Anchor Steam

’90s heartthrob
David Hasselhoff	Alicia Silverstone

Famous crossdresser
Divine	Mrs. Doubtfire

Infamous drug scandal
Hamsterdam	BALCO

Signature song
“The Star-Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key	“Lights” by Journey

Celebrated signage


Stoner icons
Animal Collective	The Grateful Dead

Regional slang
Hon	Hella

Rapper
DMX	Kreayshawn

Force of nature
Omar Little	Earthquakes

Sports-related movie scene
Steve Guttenberg gives his fiancée a football quiz in Diner	Robert De Niro dresses as an umpire and stabs John Kruk in The Fan