Why Does Boston Hate Us So Much?

by kev on Jun 25, 2007 10:59 AM PDT in News

I woke up this morning and I'm relieved to say that the incessant ringing of "Let's go RedSox!" is finally gone.

As Jbox mentioned, I was at the game yesterday with my Dad, and we were fortunate enough to sit in front of a die hard RedSox fan who flew in that morning to see the game. I kid you not, after the first pitch of the game the guy yells "Let's go RedSox" and my Dad turns and says "Oh no way! We're not doing that all day!" Dude says "Oh yes we are!" Turns out he was an okay guy, really knowledgeable on baseball, and not too obnoxious. But I digress.

Yesterday was brutal on so many levels. Our ace got rocked, our hitting was inconsistent as usual, and the Padres' 10th man was no where to be seen or heard. Seriously, WTF?! Going in to the bottom of the 9th as the RedSox took the field, RS Nation completely owned Petco. It was ridiculous. It started bringing back memories of the Chargers loss to the Pats earlier this year.

There was some consolation in all of this. We gave it to Big Papi good, and not the other way around. In the series, he was 1 for 11, 1 hit, 1 RBI, and 5 SOs. I was unimpressed with Ortiz, and most of Boston's team offensively. They managed to take the series on our home turf, and owned Petco Park and SD for a weekend. I'm just glad they're taking their sun-burned arses home to Boston.

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Papi Smear

What's with the first picture of Ortiz putting his feet in the stirrups?

by jbox on Jun 25, 2007 11:06 AM PDT 0 recs

haha

i was kinda wondering the same thing.

by padresgirlforlife44 on Jun 25, 2007 11:07 AM PDT up 0 recs

Can't Complain Too Much

Yeah, we got rocked yesterday, but we rocked the Sox on Saturday, and gave them a hard-fought ballgame on Friday. Plus...we outscored and out-homered them for the series, denying the longball to both ManRam and Papi! So I would say that overall our stellar pitching somewhat muted their heavily-touted offense. They were just lucky that Jake didn't have his best stuff yesterday.

by Mr Meadows on Jun 25, 2007 11:22 AM PDT 0 recs

Its not just us

Its everywhere they play. Read the interview with Eric Brynes or read Tony Gwynn's article on ESPN.com. Everywhere they go, their fans follow, probably because Boston sucks so they all leave the city, but stay loyal to their shitty team. I'm sure every stadium in the country is pissed when they come. When your team is shitty for 86 years I guess thats what it comes too. It should be almost 90 years. I wish it was so much. And it is even worse how they measure their sucess by the failure of the Yankees. "I don't care if we suck, as long as the Yankees suck" Go fuck yourselves Red Sox Fans, Go pay 51.1 Million dollars to talk to one guy. You are officially worse than the Yankees. It is no longer the Yankees that is hated by everyone, it is the Red Sox. You are officially the new Evil Empire.

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by sdsuaztec4 on Jun 25, 2007 11:56 AM PDT 0 recs

pathetic

And it is even worse how they measure their sucess by the failure of the Yankees. "I don't care if we suck, as long as the Yankees suck"

at yesterday's game, some meatheads that were sitting behind us were actually chanting "yankees suck" after they saw that the yankees were losing to the giants. i guess it was entertaining (for about .2 seconds), but all in all it was just plain pathetic.

But I don't know what a dead bird smells like...

by freelunch on Jun 25, 2007 12:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

Is that necessary?

We have had lengthy discussions on here about the "type" of fans we have. Yes, we have some passionate, some knowledgeable (not the same thing) and a lot of laid back fans too. We don't stand throughout the game because someone is sitting behind us and we wait until after the at-bat to return to our seat. At Fenway and Yankee stadium (among others) that would have people scratching their heads.
Personally, I thought the sd fans were pretty loud, if only in response to rsn chants. Where I was sitting a rs fan threw a bottle onto the field of play after the 3base ump called the second group meeting... so do I wish sd fans were more like that?
I lucked out by being at the only game we won so the rsn got pretty quiet real quick. It may have been a very different experience on the losing nights...

I thought the team did pretty well, considering. They are the best team in the AL, by far and have a potentially devastating line-up. As long as we don't settle for that result but use it as a quideline as to what needs to be tweaked I think we are in good shape. That weekend could have been alot worse in soooo many ways.

by ABY on Jun 25, 2007 12:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Off topic here...

Jonah Keri from espn.com Page 2 has an interesting* take on the trade that brought Michael Barrett to the Padres.

*By interesting, I mean he loves it and goes out of his way to compliment KT for making such an awesome deal.

by Drama on Jun 25, 2007 12:04 PM PDT 0 recs

Ben Davis signed by the Dodgers

Did anybody else see the news that Ben Davis has signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers and has been assigned to their Triple A club in Vegas?

by Drama on Jun 25, 2007 12:45 PM PDT 0 recs

Got Jaques or Troy?

Jones and Glaus that is. Pads are talking to them (well, the teams they are on). http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors
Glaus looks good, but he is making 10 mil in Toronto. Would the Pads rent him for the rest of the season? I don't know if Jones is any better than B Giles at this point.

by planetjeffy on Jun 25, 2007 12:52 PM PDT 0 recs

Jacque

Brian Giles is twice the player Jacque Jones is. There's a reason the Cubs are having such a hard time trying to get someone to take him off of their hands.

This from Ken Rosenthal: "Good luck to the Cubs in their continuing efforts to trade outfielder Jacque Jones, who has a .295 on-base percentage and two homers in 201 at-bats."

by Drama on Jun 25, 2007 1:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'll be sore

if we end up getting another .200's hitter. We got a clubhouse full of them! If it is a "big bat" we are looking for shouldn't we be looking at someone in the .300's? Or am I mis-interpreting the expression "big-bat"?

by ABY on Jun 25, 2007 1:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

another .200 hitter....

that's why he is perfect for the Pads. They have .300 tastes, but a .200 budget. I could see them renting Glaus for the rest of the year for 3 to 4 mil and Toronto picking up a mil or two.

by planetjeffy on Jun 25, 2007 1:27 PM PDT up 0 recs

What about a OF

25 year old player who's never had a regular job and has these stats: .270/.322/.504 and a HR every 14.5 ABs. Stronger than an OX and is under control for 2 more years?

"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

by Ron Mexico on Jun 25, 2007 1:23 PM PDT 0 recs

Gee...

...who could Ron possibly be talking about??

What if I told you that you could trade for an OF that's only 25, hits a homerun every 14.5 at-bats and is stronger than an ox? Is that something that you might be interested in?

- Bob Ryan

by Drama on Jun 25, 2007 1:29 PM PDT up 0 recs