Red Sox take over Yanks as most popular road team, PAH-LEEZ
More Sox fans on the road than Yankee fans...PUHLEEAASSE.
So I woke up this morning in a hotel in NY City, I shuffled to the door and got my USA Today, and guess what was on the front cover? Apparently the same crap that was on the cover of the Boston Globe this morning. Nonsense about Red Sox fans cropping up in other cities. It was in THIS article.
According to the piece, the Red Sox have more fans at away games than any other team, a position that is usually held by my beloved Yankees. Couple of things.
1 - How do they know? Do they count the people in the stands who are wearing crap for the other team? What if it's a Cleveland game against the White Sox and someone is wearing a Red Sox or Yankee cap? What then Mr I like to throw out numbers?
2 - The Yankees have been successful since 1918. They have built the most successful sports team in the history of sports over the last 100 years. They run the organization in a way that people admire. THAT is why they are popular.
3 - The Red Sox have become popular because of what is known as Pink Hats. Fans who have jumped on the bandwagon over the last couple of years because they have been successful and are the popular team to root for. People like my friend Jay and my friend Barry. Once they start to suck again, and trust me, that time will come, then people will crawl back under the rock from whence they came.
4 - I like Terry Francona. I'll admit it. So when the USA Today article started off with a story of how he responded to some idiot fans in a hotel, my love for him grew.
The story goes like this...
"One of them told me I took (pitcher Daisuke) Matsuzaka out of the game too early," Francona says. In no mood to debate baseball strategy with strangers, he said nothing.
"Then the other guy said, 'So, what are you going to do tonight?' " Francona recalls. "I said, 'Get away from you as quick as I can.' "
Hahaha, I love it. Only it would have been better if, after the fan said what are you going to do tonight, Francona said "Hunt you down and get blood on my pocket knife."
I haven't read the Globe story yet, I need to get good and drunk before stomaching any more The Red Sox Are Great nonsense, but I'll read it. Then out with the trash tomorrow for that paper.
So great. Good for them. They are popular on the road. I would like to see how many members there are in Loser Nation after the Sox have a couple of years of wrapping up the bottom of the American League.
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you're calling me a bandwagon jumper, are you out of your mind man? I suppose that goes for being a Pats fan too, since they have started winning championships.
We need to have a serious chat over a few cold ones. I think this blog has gotten to your head.
Jay
Posted by: Anonymous | August 24, 2007 02:13 PM
I had a conference call not too long ago where people were calling in from Luxembourg, London, and Dublin. When I joined the call, there was only 1 other person already on the line who was from Dublin. While we waited for others to join the call, we introduced ourselves to each other and started to shoot the breeze. In his thick Irish brogue, he asked if I was a Red Sox fan. After telling him yes, he asked how I felt now that the Yankees cut the Red Sox lead to 4 games. Being the usual, arrogant, know-it-all Red Sox fan that I am, I told him that the the Sox were fine and that the Yankees are nothing but an after thought. I asked him if he followed baseball. He said that he just started a few years ago and that he was a Yankees fan who was licking his chops at the prospect of catching the hated Sox. "How did you become a Yankees fan", I asked. "Are you from the States or do you have family in NY?" His response, "No. I just started to follow baseball and wanted a team to root for, so I chose the Yankees. Its like when people from the States are looking for a football team to follow and they pick Man U." I asked him if he has yet to purchase his pink NY hat yet. He said, "huh?" - and then other people started to join the call.
--Rich
Posted by: Rich | August 26, 2007 02:55 PM