10-21-2004, 07:39 PM
I used to feel bad for the Red Sox and their fans. Although I wanted the Yankees to win, part of me wanted to see the Red Sox get the monkey off their back.
Until last night.
After the game, the great Joe Torre said (paraphrasing) "Our goal was not to keep the Red Sox out of the World Series. Our goal was to make it to the World Series."
Great quote.
The problem, that became so glaringly clear last night, is that the Sox fans seem to be the opposite.
They blame the Yankees for all their woes. They complain incessantly about the Yankees buying championships. Yet, their payroll is pretty much vomit-inducing as well.
I watched the game last night with 6 Italians from New York, and 5 micks from the Boston area. Here's what I witnessed:
The Yankee fans were loud and obnoxious. When Damon hit the GS, they became quiet and nervous and just watched the game.
In contrast, the Sox fans became more obnoxious and started with the trash talking and the bitching. Their team was winning, and they chose to point again at the Yankees egos and their high salaries, as opposed to simply cheering on their team with pride.
This bitching continued throughout the game and into the post-game celebration.
Would the Yankee fans be doing the trash talking if their team had won? Of course they would. But the point is that the Boston team and their fans are no better than the New Yorkers, and they proved it through their vindictiveness last night.
Curt Schilling, and his seven year stint with Christianity, chose to volley the statement "I want to shut up 55,000 New Yorkers" is the icing. Here you have a great player, and a self-professed born-again, and he chooses the negative side.
So...FUCK the Red Sox. I hope Schilling tears his fucking achilles in the first inning of his next start. I hope Lowe shoves a bat up Francona's ass. I hope Manny falls asleep in left, and gets wiped out with a liner to the grill. I hope Selig orders them all to cut their fucking hair as it is bad for the image of MLB.
And for Ortiz? I hope that fucker hits 10 home runs in the WS. That dude is fucking $$$$$.
Until last night.
After the game, the great Joe Torre said (paraphrasing) "Our goal was not to keep the Red Sox out of the World Series. Our goal was to make it to the World Series."
Great quote.
The problem, that became so glaringly clear last night, is that the Sox fans seem to be the opposite.
They blame the Yankees for all their woes. They complain incessantly about the Yankees buying championships. Yet, their payroll is pretty much vomit-inducing as well.
I watched the game last night with 6 Italians from New York, and 5 micks from the Boston area. Here's what I witnessed:
The Yankee fans were loud and obnoxious. When Damon hit the GS, they became quiet and nervous and just watched the game.
In contrast, the Sox fans became more obnoxious and started with the trash talking and the bitching. Their team was winning, and they chose to point again at the Yankees egos and their high salaries, as opposed to simply cheering on their team with pride.
This bitching continued throughout the game and into the post-game celebration.
Would the Yankee fans be doing the trash talking if their team had won? Of course they would. But the point is that the Boston team and their fans are no better than the New Yorkers, and they proved it through their vindictiveness last night.
Curt Schilling, and his seven year stint with Christianity, chose to volley the statement "I want to shut up 55,000 New Yorkers" is the icing. Here you have a great player, and a self-professed born-again, and he chooses the negative side.
So...FUCK the Red Sox. I hope Schilling tears his fucking achilles in the first inning of his next start. I hope Lowe shoves a bat up Francona's ass. I hope Manny falls asleep in left, and gets wiped out with a liner to the grill. I hope Selig orders them all to cut their fucking hair as it is bad for the image of MLB.
And for Ortiz? I hope that fucker hits 10 home runs in the WS. That dude is fucking $$$$$.