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So I'm not a sports type person. But I watched this game last night (on and off - hey! Mythbusters was on :> ) And I have to say.. the Yankees did a piss poor job. And for some reason, even knowing shit about sports. I was happy
:":: I love it when non-sports fans get jabs in on the Yanks...today we should ban all Yankee fans for one day.
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 $$$$$.
As a non sports fan I don't know much about the history except that 1. the Sox haven't won a pennant (wtf?) in a long time and made it to a world series since what, 1918 (I learned that last night).
I ended up watching last night cause I knew the Yankees had 3 in a row. Then when I found out yesterday that the Sox had managed to force the series to game 7 I figured I had to watch just to be culturally aware.
They all get paid too much if you ask me. Professional Cricketers in the West Indies get paid shit and end up working a regular job as well in the off season. Granted, it is Cricket :roll: but still.
I found myself pulling for the Sox because they were the underdog, and they were pulling an amazing comeback.
Now. Are there Sox fans who have focussed more on beating the Yankees than winning the game? Sure. But think about it. There's a rivalry there. After, what? 85+ years, its easy for the rivals to become the embodiement of your failure. So when you finally start to win like that, and against your nemesis, then it is easy (and natural) to want to vent and lord over and feel superior to the opposing fans and team that have come to represent your failure.
I've typed too much.
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I sent antipop an IM last night. This is verbatim:
TF: "SOX WIN! SOX WIN! SOX WIN!"
antipop: "Seriously, don't talk to me right now. I'm pissed."
TF: "OK, but just remember the SOX WIN!"
That was the entire conversation.
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I don't believe in any curses or any of that type of shit !!! If I did I would have millions of curses on my back !!!
They sucked that is why they didn't make it to the World Series !!!!
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Quote:Originally posted by TomFoolery@Oct 21 2004, 02:00 PM
After game 3 she sent me one that said "1918!"
I'm going to try to chat with her again tonight. B)
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jiminy, tf, how old is she?? like 15??
i think you should pick on someone yer own size
just sayin'
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Quote:Originally posted by TomFoolery@Oct 21 2004, 02:17 PM
snarg, you don't know what you're talking about.
just sayin'
narg:
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how long did it take you to figure that out??
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I think she once admitted to me as not being that big a yankee fan.
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