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Post by Moses on Oct 30, 2013 21:31:21 GMT -5
Stupid Red Sux are gonna win the series. Boo!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2013 23:40:27 GMT -5
Too bad Gillette isn't a Series sponsor. Instead of rings, the Red Sox should all be given razors. |
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Post by The New Sheriff of Rock Ridge on Oct 31, 2013 0:39:23 GMT -5
They have beards? I'm surprised ESPN never mentioned that.
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Post by Moses on Oct 31, 2013 12:13:21 GMT -5
Lol @ mdrunning
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Post by middleoftheroad on Nov 1, 2013 11:27:49 GMT -5
Too bad Gillette isn't a Series sponsor. Instead of rings, the Red Sox should all be given razors. As an avid and very long time Red Sox fan, I can only say "wah, wah, wah"! |
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Post by rocketwolf on Nov 1, 2013 11:50:03 GMT -5
Well every team ought to win every 100 years or so.
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Post by middleoftheroad on Nov 1, 2013 12:05:57 GMT -5
Well every team ought to win every 100 years or so. Agreed...and three of the last ten is really pretty good as well...which, by coincidence, is how many the Orioles have won in their history. Of course, none of us have won as many as though damn yankees, a thought that should nauseate both of us. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Nov 1, 2013 12:41:10 GMT -5
The Red Sox endured the curse for a long time. I dislike two things: the bandwagon fans elsewhere in the country who are suddenly part of the Red Sox Nation now that the team is doing well and Red Sox management for copying the Yankees' loathsome approach of throwing hundreds of millions to buy all the talent. It didn't work for the Yankees this year, but that won't stop them.
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Post by middleoftheroad on Nov 1, 2013 13:09:03 GMT -5
The Red Sox endured the curse for a long time. I dislike two things: the bandwagon fans elsewhere in the country who are suddenly part of the Red Sox Nation now that the team is doing well and Red Sox management for copying the Yankees' loathsome approach of throwing hundreds of millions to buy all the talent. It didn't work for the Yankees this year, but that won't stop them. I don’t disagree, EY. The Red Sox dropped to 4th (“only” $152M) in 2013, after having tried to outspend the Yankees in 2012. I know most athletes only have a limited career-span, but an average salary of $5M, even to win a World Series just strikes me as a wrong use of resources. OTOH, so long as fans are willing to fund an ever-increasing cost of tickets, capitalism will have its way. I’m down to no more than two games a year, and those only when the Red Sox are down here in Fenway South playing the O’s. As to the band wagon fans - unfortunately, that's a curse of any sport. I was born and raised in Worcester, MA, where loving the Red Sox is genetic. Had the good fortune of being up there in 1967 during the Impossible Dream season. |
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Post by Moses on Nov 1, 2013 13:09:34 GMT -5
I really started disliking them when their fans started filling Camden yards and turned it into Fenway Park South
we can blame Angelos for that too though
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Post by middleoftheroad on Nov 1, 2013 13:12:03 GMT -5
I really started disliking them when their fans started filling Camden yards and turned it into Fenway Park South we can blame Angelos for that too though Camden is my favorite stadium, behind Fenway of course. Love the brick and the left corner, from 3rd base to maybe half way to centerfield, is one the great venues of baseball. |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Nov 1, 2013 14:13:07 GMT -5
I was born and raised in Worcester, MA, where loving the Red Sox is genetic. My feeling, which I'll admit is irrational, is that legitimate fans were born in a team's city or moved to there. All others are just the kind of people going with the winning flavor of the week. You see this with Green Bay, Dallas, whoever Peyton Manning plays for in football. The Dodgers, Yankees and yes, Boston are the big baseball offenders. However, the Boston area has produced some fine musical acts, as well as a few of my long-time favorite television series, those being the Russell Morash home improvement shows (This Old House, etc.). So, it's all good!  |
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Post by rocketwolf on Nov 1, 2013 16:36:34 GMT -5
Well every team ought to win every 100 years or so. Agreed...and three of the last ten is really pretty good as well...which, by coincidence, is how many the Orioles have won in their history. Of course, none of us have won as many as though damn yankees, a thought that should nauseate both of us. I want the O's to win but I put no effort into it. I gave up pro team sports the day the Colts lost to the Jets. It suddenly wasn't worth the emotion involved. It wasn't until about 10 years ago I started watching NASCAR with interest again. I tend to be partial to about 3 drivers, but my real desire is to see haulass fenderrubbing ballstothewall take no prisoners racing. And Jimmy Johnson lose. |
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Post by Moses on Nov 1, 2013 16:52:36 GMT -5
I really started disliking them when their fans started filling Camden yards and turned it into Fenway Park South we can blame Angelos for that too though Camden is my favorite stadium, behind Fenway of course. Love the brick and the left corner, from 3rd base to maybe half way to centerfield, is one the great venues of baseball. It's been a tad more easy to deal with lately since the Orioles are a little bit better and have been beating the Red Sox. Baby steps |
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Post by stevez51 on Nov 1, 2013 19:16:29 GMT -5
The beard thing was crazy. Maybe they now shave them for charity..  ? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2013 20:48:13 GMT -5
Dumping $272 million worth of payroll on the Dodgers last August certainly paid dividends for the Sox. However, they now face some key free agent decisions, most notably Mike Napoli and Jacoby Ellsbury.
I think Napoli will return without much muss or fuss (and hopefully shaved), but Ellsbury could be a bit stickier. He's a good leadoff man who hit 32 homeruns as recently as two years ago, but he hasn't come close to that total before or since. That essentially makes him a speed guy who recently turned 30 who also has a history of injuries. Seattle has been mentioned as a possible destination (Ellsbury is from the Pacific Northwest), but the bigger question is how many years are Boston or Seattle or anyone else willing to commit to a guy who generates much of his offense with his legs? Anything more than three or four years would appear to be a reach.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Nov 2, 2013 16:19:23 GMT -5
I am most curious what's going to happen with Cano, at the Yankees. He wants ten years, and I think that era is over. Guys are reliable for that long without steroids, generally.
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Post by Moses on Nov 2, 2013 16:24:14 GMT -5
I am most curious what's going to happen with Cano, at the Yankees. He wants ten years, and I think that era is over. Guys are reliable for that long without steroids, generally. I think the Yankees will re-sign him. I do not know why he would want to leave |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Nov 2, 2013 16:43:15 GMT -5
I think the Yankees will re-sign him. I do not know why he would want to leave Only one reason: someone pays him more or signs him for longer. I'm curious whether any teams will do that. And who will do that. |
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Post by Moses on Nov 2, 2013 16:49:48 GMT -5
I think the Yankees will re-sign him. I do not know why he would want to leave Only one reason: someone pays him more or signs him for longer. I'm curious whether any teams will do that. And who will do that. The angels |
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Post by Evil Yoda on Nov 2, 2013 17:57:33 GMT -5
Yeah, 'cause that's worked out so well for them! |
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