[quote]kroby wrote:
Stiles55 wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
Stiles55 wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
swordthrower wrote:
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Oh and by the way, I still respect the hell out of Roger Clemens (who left because Dan Duquette was a complete douchebag), and harbor no ill will towards Wade Boggs, or any other ex-Sox players (except J.D. of course, that was just too much to take…).
Why the hate for Damon? He came in as a free agent and left as one. Boston had their chance and they refused to come close to paying him.
Blame management, not Damon.
Incorrect we offered him 4 years at 11 million per(approx) he took 5 years at 10 per… He left over 6 million (I know “half empty, half full” but that is coming close now…
I thought it was more than that.
That is why it hurt so bad…
And whoever doesn’t believe Red Sox fans aren’t one of the most savvy fans in the league need to actually talk to a Sox fan. I can talk to you about minor league players and their impact, why we choose to not let Manny go and why we traded our All Star Second Baseman last year. I can also tell you more about your team and their farm teams than you do.
See, Sox fans had this extra advantage by losing all those years… We looked ahead, we said “NEXT YEAR” and because of that we looked at the following year, what we had, what other teams had, what we needed, what we could trade for what we needed… Its similar with the Yankees (sans their Bandwagon fans).
Oh, so they have a monopoly for failed years? Clueless, you are.
See, the Yankees have won so much (because they pick up all the best in the league – See payroll) they know about all the other teams and strategize. That’s what makes the rivalry so great. It isn’t just the history and the game I challenge you to sit down with two fans, one a Yankee and the other a Red Sox, you will experience one of the greatest baseball talks you could ever have.
Sorry to inform you, but there’s a whole league out there. Outside the New England corridor, no one give two shits about either of those teams. Talk to someone from Atlanta, Do you think they’ll talk of either of those teams? No. They’ll talk of Bobby Cox. LA, they’ll talk of two teams. Same in Chicago.
The drama between your two teams is overrated and hardly interesting. Out here, Giants vs Dodgers (ack, NL) is big news. Big, big, big. And I’ve never seen a fan throw a punch at a player out here. Where did I see that? Hmm…[/quote]
Drama is overrated yet the best ratings in sports are when they play each other…
ATLANTA? Honestly, worst baseball city with the BEST baseball, even fans will tell you they have horrible followings… They’re a football state, the Georgia Bulldogs and the Atlanta Falcons are all anyone cares about there…
St. Louis has Great fans…
This argument is over… Strictly because you are insinuating that the NL is a better league than the AL… Now I realize why you said all those traded went NL… You are a NL fan, which means you appreciate mediocre pitching and home runs…
And don’t say a word about the Cardinals winnning last year, they have the best Manager in the game and they played the Detroit Tigers, and team that hadn’t won a playoff series or game in YEARS… They got there and clearly didn’t know what to do with it…