OH PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE
10.15.08
“Ow-ah fans ahh die-hahd! We suppaht this team no mattah what!”
Honestly, I’m afraid to write about this, lest the Red Sox see that someone has counted them out and they decide to go on one of those playoff win streaks they like to put together. But there’s no denying the ass-whipping that happened last night: Tim Wakefield’s knuckler fooled no one, and the Rays cruised to a 13-4 victory that gives them a 3-1 series lead.
Evan Longoria hit his rookie-record fifth home run of the playoffs, Carl Crawford tied an ALCS record with five hits, and Willie Aybar homered and had four hits and five RBIs as pretty much everyone on Tampa Bay’s roster was better than anyone on Boston’s last night.
Game 5 is tomorrow night in Fenway, and it would be a real shame for all those die-hard Red Sox fans to have to sit through the Rays winning an AL pennant at their stadium. And you know the fans would stick around. They’ve stuck by the Red Sox all these years, through thick and thin, no matter what. Especially the years they won the World Series.
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to be fair. i can see how paying richie sexson $15.5mm to play for the yankees could make someone bitter about baseball in october.
I’d really rather you just say thank you for that, Winslow. Now hurry! There are only two more innings to beat traffic!
Between this and the Pats sucking royally, this will be a great winter, indeed.
I feel bad for Boston fans…
Wait…what’s that? Sorry, must have had a stroke there. Let me stop huffing paint for a second.
There we go. Much better. Fuck Boston.
As a lifelong Rays fan, it’s great to see this team winning and paying tribute to legends like Mickey Callaway, Tanyon Sturtze and Ozzie Guillen.
cronaldo, giving up on the Sox now that they’re down 3-1? Really? Have you been paying attention or the last four years?
Watching the fans walk out of Fenway early and boo the Patriots during their first loss in two years reminded me, yet again, of how much I hate the “nations” here.
Anyone see Stephen King reading a book in the crowd during the blow out? He is a douche and worse than the fans that left. It’s a baseball game not a fucking library.
UU, that may be, but at least he wasn’t wearing a pink Ortiz jersey like 90% of the fans there.
No but he had his lucky pink panties on.
i can only hope the celtics are mathematically eliminated by december, forcing the boston area to shut the fuck up.
Taco Jones, take it easy. I was more commenting on Boston fans giving up on their SAWX and leaving the game early. Whether they come back or don’t, I win either way, because Boston can’t say another word ever about how they are so much better fans than everyone else.
The Nation has been disbanded for a loose Confederacy of Red Sox douchebags.
Boston fans are the worst. I’m embarrassed to be one.
In Stephen King’s defense, though, he reads during every game. Not just the blowouts. Wait, is that a defense?
cronaldo, my mistake. I read sarcasm in your post that wasn’t there.
This “fairweather fan” shit is just what losing cities tell themselves to feel better about always sucking. when your team gets blown out, you don’t stay to the bitter end to watch it. it’s too painful. plus, fuck them for sucking.
and if your team sucks ass, sure, you pull for them at the beginning every time, and can take joy in the small things they do well, but don’t try to tell me you care as much about them as you would when they are winning.
this is horseshit anti-boston stuff.
and yes, i agree, we’re worthy of scorn here. most of boston’s fans are douches, but so are most of the fans in every city.
In the imortal words of Nelson Muntz: (Pointing at Fenway) “Ha Ha”
That’s “immortal”, you dipshit
ha ha!
Just because I’m a nice guy, I will give you guys this: yes, it does hurt a lot. Especially the Patriots’ prospects. But I am in fact heartened by the relative suckingassituude of the NFL in general this year.
And it does help to salve the wounds to think about all of the recent success. I would hate to remember what it’s like to live in an actual shitty sports town.
…relative suckingassituude of the NFL in general this year…
The fact that the Patriots suck has made the NFL better than it has been in years.
The NFL’s pretty awesome this year, but I don’t think Brady going down made the NFC East the best division or made Atlanta a nice surprise or made the Cardinals watchable or…I’m sorry, I can’t stop thinking about Brady going down on someone now.
I’m talking DOWNtown!
as a Sox fan myself, i actually agree with the statement that a lot of Sox fans are guilty of douchebaggery and should be placed in shackles in the middle of town. Nevertheless, i have seen this coming a long time. Thats what happens when you get number 1 picks for like 8 straight years. But i feel bad for MLB if it ends up Phillies/Rays…noones gonna watch that shit.
lieutenant winslow……
If your trying to say the yankees paid richie sexson 15.5 M this year your wrong… All the yankees had to pay them was the pro rated league minimum for the season which equaled $140,000.
Iam not 100% sure if thats what u meant but if it was you were wrong..if not… oh well
I’ve only been watching the Carmines since moving to Boston in 1996, but have followed ‘em closely since. Granted I had at that point missed 14 years of following ‘em, but that’ll happen when you live in the great wilderness of western Massachusetts. Cable? No. Chupacabra? Yes.
Regardless, wouldn’t a good majority of most fans leave after seeing their team down by 10+ runs before the 7th? I know it’s a playoff game, but still. I mean, take a look at Heinz Field in the 4th quarter of an AFC playoff game between the Pats and Steelers. It’s like a yellow and black seated ghost town, but with uglier grass.