The "Nation" thing is something that is rather strange to me. W/ that said, I try not to mock it or bash it, b/c frankly, I'm pretty nutty when it comes to the Jets and Uconn, so I can understand being passionate about a sports team. W/ that said, I can't really understand why there are quite so many Sox fans as opposed to other teams. Granted, alot of the fans kind of jumped on the bandwagon when the "reverse the curse/ cowboy up" thing started, as the media did a great job of portraying them as the "Anti yankees" and as true rebels. But even before than, there was always a certain madness here in New England..and frankly that "Rebel" image left w/ Millar, Mueller, Pedro and Damon. The Yankees have a great deal of fans mainly b/c they have been multi-year champions over many decades, and have some of the more famous players in the game's history; which resulted in a lot of bandwagoners and casual fans. And yes, Boston has CY Young, Ted Williams and some others, as well as being a long time franchise w/ a storied ball park, but frankly I just don't understand the mania. And what gets me, is it is growing more and more every day.
The Yankees have more fans Nationwide and more anti-Yankee fans but you can't call the anti-Yankee fans sox fans.
I'll go you one further - it galls me that the likes of Doris Kearns Goodwin, (the late) David Halberstam, and other Harvard Yard gliterati, speak of being a Red Sox with this syrupy and idiotic poetry, and they wear their transplanted fandom like some sort of noble badge. Halberstam was from the Bronx, forcryinoutloud. Goodwin was from Brooklyn. When I see her quoted, as she ALWAYS is, in every Red Sox documentary ever made, I want to reach through my fahking screen. Being a Red Sox fan became trendy at some recent point. I'm not comfortable with that.
back on topic...i think the yanks will fall short of the wildcard by 4 or 5 games. i also find it amusing that red sox fans are so obsessed with the yankees
Well, no, you really don't. You like to point out how you find it amusing, in the hope that it takes the sting out of a below-.500 record at the midpoint. But it's all good. Both sides know the game pretty well by now.
I was hoping it would die a quick death before I had to generate an opinion on the merits. Even if it survives, you'd sooner see me watching a Friends marathon, with a Beaches chaser - neither of which will happen in this lifetime.
This thread has mutated into one of the gayest debates this great baseball forum has ever seen. Who's more popular? Ha! What's next... what team has the most congeniality? We know who's least likely to succeed (Yankees) but really guys... this is senseless. Back to the topic, yes.
ESPN beat you to the punch with the insanely gay competition of "Who's now" it is so bad that I have to change the channel because i refuse to see that garbage
Can I just say that although the Cubs may be mediocre, at least we're only chasing the Brewers. I would be surprised to see the Yankees in the playoffs this year, but at the same time thoroughly unsurprised. It's an uncomfortable juxtaposition born of the certain knowledge that the greater my belief in their stumbling, the more likely they are to go on a run and/or see their rivals implode. A crushing inevitablilty, salved only by their inevitable postseason flop. Nothing can be worse than seeing the Cards win anyway, and that's happened now, so I can take what comes. :/
