MLB Daily Thread: 06-20-17:Cody Bellinger is on steroids

[soxfan1468927]

As an Indians fan, I'd like to take this moment to politely tell you to go fuck yourself with a post-hole digger. Gently, though.

These are the conversations we enjoy having in Boston.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

These are the conversations we enjoy having in Boston.

You mean, about which garden tool is the best to fuck yourself with?

 

[soxfan1468927]

You mean, about which garden tool is the best to fuck yourself with?

No that we have already decided. Took a poll years ago and pruning shears won out. Since then we've enjoyed ranking the championships since 2001. For me:

1. 2004 Red Sox
2. 2001 Patriots
3. 2014 Patriots
4. 2011 Bruins
5. 2013 Red Sox
6. 2016 Patriots
7. 2008 Celtics
8. 2004 Patriots
9. 2003 Patriots
10. 2007 Red Sox

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

2003 Patriots

AKA

"When Boston realized they had a football team"

 

[soxfan1468927]

2003 Patriots

AKA

"When Boston realized they had a football team"

I think Boston found out that Foxboro had a football team in 2001 actually.

 

[$500 Million]

No that we have already decided. Took a poll years ago and pruning shears won out. Since then we've enjoyed ranking the championships since 2001. For me:

1. 2004 ALCS
2. 2004 Red Sox
3. 2001 Patriots
4. 2014 Patriots
5. 2011 Bruins
6. 2013 Red Sox
7. 2016 Patriots
8. 2008 Celtics
9. 2004 Patriots
10. 2003 Patriots

FIFY

 

[soxfan1468927]

FIFY

If we are ranking best sports moments, then yes.

 

[$500 Million]

If we are ranking best sports moments, then yes.

That's always been the biggest difference between the fan bases, Yankee fans are obsessed with winning the WS, Sox fans are obsessed with beating the Yankees.

 

[soxfan1468927]

That's always been the biggest difference between the fan bases, Yankee fans are obsessed with winning the WS, Sox fans are obsessed with beating the Yankees.

It would only rank up there because they won the World Series. If they had lost, I wouldn't put it anywhere near the list.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

It would only rank up there because they won the World Series. If they had lost, I wouldn't put it anywhere near the list.

Coming back from an 0-3 hole is fucking remarkable. Particularly with the shellacking they got in Game 3. At that time, the Red Sox were my favorite team and I remember how dejected I felt after Game 3. For Game 4, I put on my Boston Engine 33 t-shirt that I'd bought when I lived around the corner and I wore that fucker for every second of the rest of the post season, so you can thank me for those wins. . . I retired that T-Shirt shortly thereafter, it's in a box in my basement.

I've actually got a bunch of old Red Sox shit, newspapers, panoramic of Fenway, desk lamp, hats, jerseys, whatnot that I want to get rid of, but I'm too lazy to eBay.

 

[soxfan1468927]

Coming back from an 0-3 hole is fucking remarkable. Particularly with the shellacking they got in Game 3. At that time, the Red Sox were my favorite team and I remember how dejected I felt after Game 3. For Game 4, I put on my Boston Engine 33 t-shirt that I'd bought when I lived around the corner and I wore that fucker for every second of the rest of the post season, so you can thank me for those wins. . . I retired that T-Shirt shortly thereafter, it's in a box in my basement.

I've actually got a bunch of old Red Sox shit, newspapers, panoramic of Fenway, desk lamp, hats, jerseys, whatnot that I want to get rid of, but I'm too lazy to eBay.

What did they do from 2004 to 2007 that caused you to switch teams?

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Coming back from an 0-3 hole is fucking remarkable. Particularly with the shellacking they got in Game 3. At that time, the Red Sox were my favorite team and I remember how dejected I felt after Game 3. For Game 4, I put on my Boston Engine 33 t-shirt that I'd bought when I lived around the corner and I wore that fucker for every second of the rest of the post season, so you can thank me for those wins. . . I retired that T-Shirt shortly thereafter, it's in a box in my basement.

I've actually got a bunch of old Red Sox shit, newspapers, panoramic of Fenway, desk lamp, hats, jerseys, whatnot that I want to get rid of, but I'm too lazy to eBay.

After Game 6 with our options for Game 7 being Javy Vasquez and Kevin Brown, this entire city walked around like they were brain dead. We absolutely knew we had no shot on Game 7

 

[soxfan1468927]

After Game 6 with our options for Game 7 being Javy Vasquez and Kevin Brown, this entire city walked around like they were brain dead. We absolutely knew we had no shot on Game 7

Red Sox were throwing Derek Lowe in that game. You had a chance.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

What did they do from 2004 to 2007 that caused you to switch teams?

I started getting into baseball from my time in Boston - went to Fenway, loved the history, etc. I was attracted to the team because they were perpetual underdogs. They were "cursed" and were the anti-Yankees. 2004 was amazing. When the Indians clinched a playoff berth, I decided I was going to back them through the postseason.

The Red Sox knocked the Indians out, which sucked, but alone wouldn't have completely turned me off the team. After 2007, the Red Sox and their fanbase started looking and acting more like the Yankees than what I'd initially been drawn to. I remember hearing shit about how great Grady Sizemore was going to look in a Red Sox uniform, which was the kind of shit I'd always heard from Yankees fans.

So I moved all my chips to another perpetual loser. Probably don't have anything to worry about in terms of the Indians getting full of themselves. . .

In short, they became Yankees Lite: all the arrogance with a fraction of the success.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Red Sox were throwing Derek Lowe in that game. You had a chance.

Hahah. You remember "The Derek Lowe Face?"

 

[The Oldtimer]

Discuss

 

[soxfan1468927]

I started getting into baseball from my time in Boston - went to Fenway, loved the history, etc. I was attracted to the team because they were perpetual underdogs. They were "cursed" and were the anti-Yankees. 2004 was amazing. When the Indians clinched a playoff berth, I decided I was going to back them through the postseason.

The Red Sox knocked the Indians out, which sucked, but alone wouldn't have completely turned me off the team. After 2007, the Red Sox and their fanbase started looking and acting more like the Yankees than what I'd initially been drawn to. I remember hearing shit about how great Grady Sizemore was going to look in a Red Sox uniform, which was the kind of shit I'd always heard from Yankees fans.

So I moved all my chips to another perpetual loser. Probably don't have anything to worry about in terms of the Indians getting full of themselves. . .

In short, they became Yankees Lite: all the arrogance with a fraction of the success.

Well they were right.

And to the last part, sorry, I think people who think like that are losers. "Oh no, that guy is arrogant?! And he roots for the same baseball team as me?!"

Who gives a shit

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Well they were right.

Hahahaha!

Fuck that guy. He took a bunch of money from the Indians and didn't play a game. Fuck the Indians for giving him that money too. Mark Shapiro, good riddance.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

And to the last part, sorry, I think people who think like that are losers. "Oh no, that guy is arrogant?! And he roots for the same baseball team as me?!"

Who gives a shit

Well, in fairness, it's not "that guy," it's the entire team/fan culture. It did a complete 180 on what I initially liked about it. I like underdogs. I like Davids fighting against Goliaths. The Red Sox became a Goliath and I'm not into that.

It's like if Mrs Redfoot all the sudden got fat and hairy. I'd give her a bit to get back into fighting shape or I'd trade her in for next year's model.

If that makes you think I'm a loser, I'll just have to spend the rest of my day crying in my office.

 

[soxfan1468927]

Well, in fairness, it's not "that guy," it's the entire team/fan culture. It did a complete 180 on what I initially liked about it. I like underdogs. I like Davids fighting against Goliaths. The Red Sox became a Goliath and I'm not into that.

It's like if Mrs Redfoot all the sudden got fat and hairy. I'd give her a bit to get back into fighting shape or I'd trade her in for next year's model.

If that makes you think I'm a loser, I'll just have to spend the rest of my day crying in my office.

Oh if it's about the fact that they were no longer an underdog, that's fine. You can just jump from underdog to underdog if that floats your boat. I don't think that's being a loser. I think anyone who gives a shit how someone else acts because they root for the same baseball team as them, is a loser. And it goes both ways. Anyone who felt the need to "apologize on behalf of Red Sox nation" for the racist taunts at Fenway earlier in the year, is a loser. Anyone who throws out "we're the best fans in the world!" and shows attendance numbers to back it up, is a loser.