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TRP: The Speed vs. Comfort Conundrum

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IrishWildcat said:
I guess I'm in the minority then. Perhaps it's a matter of being a long-term Red Sox fan. A majority of the "we're so much better than you" Sox fans are the bandwagon-hoppers who came on between 04 and 07, and are generally seen as unwelcome fanboys who think David Ortiz is the greatest player in Red Sox history.

Yes, there was an overabundance of crap that came out after 86 years...books, magazines, etc. But those of us who appreciated it, those who had been along for the ride for a while, we got it...appreciated it, and now enjoy being normal baseball fans like everyone else.

Like I said, the arrogant belligerent ones are mostly newbies who even WE, the REAL Red Sox Nation (the ones who didn't pay $10 to the team for a stupid fan club card), could do without. They wear Ellsbury jerseys, get drunk at games, and their girlfriends wear pink hats. :rolleyes:

Believe me, I'm ****ed at the Sox for letting Manny and Bay go, while getting essentially nothing in return. I'm ****ed that we've wasted so much on Matsuzaka (next Pedro my ***! I'd rather see the actual Pedro retire in a Red Sox uniform than see this bum try his "gyroball"). And let's get an actual shortstop for once, huh? [/rant]
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there were some true, loyal, baseball-understanding Red Sox fans who I was happy for. For instance, the guy who said if the Red Sox won the World Series, he could die happy and died about an hour after the Sox won. But what irked me so much is the Red Sox nation people that basically declared that because the Red Sox aren't the Yankees, they are the greatest team ever. I'm like, you do realize the Red Sox have the 2nd highest payroll in baseball, right?

When I go to Twins games, especially against the Red Sox, I always see a bunch of girls wearing their Red Sox crap. You know *n well they aren't Sox fans; they jumped on the 2004 bandwagon because it was a trendy thing to do. And it's reasons like that I can't stand most Red Sox fans.

Again, most Yankees fans know the game of baseball. Most Twins fans know the game of baseball. I saw a game in old Yankee Stadium against the Twins. I was decked out in my Twins garb and while the fans around me were giving me a hard time, they were really nice about it. Red Sox fans at Twins games are *sholes. One guy at a game in 2005 told me that the Twins are a minor league club at best and have no business being in MLB. I asked him how many World Series the Red Sox had won in the last 20 years. He responded, and I asked him how many the Twins won. Shut him up real quick.

Ugh, the joy of debating baseball in the offseason.
 
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Hey, it's me around this time last year!
(608): I am paying my roommate as much of the electric bill in pennies as possible because I hate her.
 
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Sloe Gin said:
When I go to Twins games, especially against the Red Sox, I always see a bunch of girls wearing their Red Sox crap. You know *n well they aren't Sox fans; they jumped on the 2004 bandwagon because it was a trendy thing to do. And it's reasons like that I can't stand most Red Sox fans.
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Likewise. I will admit we've taken over from the Yankees as the most insufferable fanbase, for which I am deeply ashamed. Just imagine how I feel going to Fenway where you get 30,000 of those morons gathered in one place. Just give them beer and crank up "Sweet Caroline" and they go home happy. Makes me sick. Part of me wishes for a crap year or two just so these knuckleheads can go away. Unfortunately, Henry, Werner, and Lucchino are still busy milking their cash cow until it inevitably dries up.

I actually respect the Twins more than the Sox for being able to do more with less. It's a shame that the economics of the game don't allow them to keep quite possibly the best players in the game (Santana, Hunter, soon-to-be-Mauer). They draft and develop incredibly well, and to always be contending on such a small budget is incredible to me (and Michael Lewis wrote his book about the bastard in Oakland...whatever).

So yeah, there are a crapload of bad Red Sox fans in this country. Just know that REAL Sox fans hate them, too. :D
 
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I think you are lumping in two things at once... Pink hat nation was building up during the duquette era... Not that it was cultivated but that's when we were adequate and the yankees became the sole focus... I wonder how much of the development of the pink hats and the yanks as a sole focus is the current division and schedule format.

The world series is quite a turning point... When 86 years became less important than beating the Yankees then something is really screwed up. I wonder how many fans know which team was the NL rep that year. Baseball stopped being fun for me because of the pink hats and their idiot legion.

Edit: red sox nation used to be the colloquial term for those guys who watched on their massive satellite dishes and were otherwise Boston ex-pats. Only in the last decade have they become a code word for a sucker market of Red Sox themed consumption.
 
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Bakunin said:
Detroit's brand of suckitude is so severe, it's more like stepping on your nutsack for an hour - and then once you go numb from the pain, lighting the nuts on fire to rekindle things. Honestly, the Detroit franchise is so *'ing bad, he could probably write a column - or a series of them - on that team alone. :eek:
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He won't though. He's instead doing that sort of thing about the Clippers (since they're virtually the same thing right down to the arsehole owner) and even he's stopped writing about them.
 
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Only in Wisconsin:

(262): I just found three unopened cans of PBR behind our futon that I think I was saving for winter.
 
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These are from the Tech TFLN Facebook page:

989: Fist pumping is no longer allowed in the dt....i got elbowed in the eye.....again

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(517): It's moments like these you have to ask yourself: "Which legend of zelda chick would you do?"

(231): First: How ****ed up are you right now and second: the princess of course!

(517): I'm blown out of my ****ing mind! Nice choice my friend, but don't be to hasty. I somewhat fancy Princess Ruto, she's playful AND exotic.
 
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IrishWildcat said:
Likewise. I will admit we've taken over from the Yankees as the most insufferable fanbase, for which I am deeply ashamed. Just imagine how I feel going to Fenway where you get 30,000 of those morons gathered in one place. Just give them beer and crank up "Sweet Caroline" and they go home happy. Makes me sick. Part of me wishes for a crap year or two just so these knuckleheads can go away. Unfortunately, Henry, Werner, and Lucchino are still busy milking their cash cow until it inevitably dries up.

I actually respect the Twins more than the Sox for being able to do more with less. It's a shame that the economics of the game don't allow them to keep quite possibly the best players in the game (Santana, Hunter, soon-to-be-Mauer). They draft and develop incredibly well, and to always be contending on such a small budget is incredible to me (and Michael Lewis wrote his book about the bastard in Oakland...whatever).

So yeah, there are a crapload of bad Red Sox fans in this country. Just know that REAL Sox fans hate them, too. :D
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now don't get me wrong. There are a ton of casual Twins fans too who only go to the games because it's *s cheap and dollar dog night. But that's what makes the Twins fun! You really feel like you're a part of the team. I was hanging around after one of the games waiting for my buddy to close down the Twins suite and Gardy was walking through the concourse. I talked to him for a couple minutes...not about baseball, but bowling. I challenged him to a game sometime and he laughed. That's the kind of *t that makes Twins baseball so much fun. They built Target Field with the fans in mind.

You sound like a Red Sox fan though that I could get along with. Care to score me some tix to Fenway in May when the Twins travel out there? :D
 
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Sloe Gin said:
now don't get me wrong. There are a ton of casual Twins fans too who only go to the games because it's *s cheap and dollar dog night. But that's what makes the Twins fun! You really feel like you're a part of the team. I was hanging around after one of the games waiting for my buddy to close down the Twins suite and Gardy was walking through the concourse. I talked to him for a couple minutes...not about baseball, but bowling. I challenged him to a game sometime and he laughed. That's the kind of *t that makes Twins baseball so much fun. They built Target Field with the fans in mind.

You sound like a Red Sox fan though that I could get along with. Care to score me some tix to Fenway in May when the Twins travel out there? :D
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Haha, well I couldn't get you any at Fenway...you have to have mob connections for those. I DO however work for a minor-league team, the NH Fisher Cats. We play the Twins AA team in New Britain a ton. If you ever swing out to NH I could hook you up.
 
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GreatLakerMohawk said:
He won't though. He's instead doing that sort of thing about the Clippers (since they're virtually the same thing right down to the arsehole owner) and even he's stopped writing about them.
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To be fair, if you were in his position, would you want to write multiple columns about the Clippers AND the Lions? :p
 
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Wow, what an awesome weekend. It took us over two seasons, but my floor hockey team finally won our first game. :D
 
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Bakunin said:
To be fair, if you were in his position, would you want to write multiple columns about the Clippers AND the Lions? :p
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He's the jerk that moved to LA and became a Clippers season ticket holder. I'd say he's the arsehole.
 
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I was an awesome goalie when we did floor hockey in middle school. Only one got past me, and it was disallowed due to a high stick.
 
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