11 1/2 games up on Second place Baltimore. 12 1/2 up on the Empire. w00t w00t

5/27/2007 7:11:22 PM

ohgod the rocket not getting wins in AAA, giambi being garbage and sheff being a star elsewhere
what are the yanks to do (2/3 means nothing when 1 is wakefield throwing trash)

5/27/2007 8:11:22 PM

especially when it still adds up to 6-3, and 12.5 up.

5/27/2007 11:05:29 PM

does it bother you guys that you are the most bandwagoned team in baseball?

5/28/2007 9:12:23 PM

Well when the Yankee's were winning all the time in the late 90's you could argue that their bandwagon was just big. With success comes hanger's on and bandwagoners no doubt.

On the flipside with the Yankee's success much like Duke/UNC in the ACC its either a love them or hate them mentality so naturally people that hate the most successful team like the Yankees (who still have a big fanbase not a big now) its natural to cheer for the biggest rival.

The Red Sox like the Cubs for so long had people cheer them in hopes that they will eventually win, the Underdog theory. The Red Sox finally won the World Series in 2004 so naturally the bandwagon is huge now. It doesn't bother me. Does it bother non Red Sox Fans?

5/28/2007 9:58:28 PM

From an indians perspective, if we win the world series this year and all of a sudden people are all over them it would be a little irritating because you want fan bases to experience the downs with the ups. Thats what makes winning the big one so sweet. Like you said though, winning brings in those borderline people. Does it bother you that some of these same people were yankee fans till just a couple of years ago?

oh and btw we got jobbed on that casey blake call in the 9th tonight.

[Edited on May 28, 2007 at 10:59 PM. Reason : .]

5/28/2007 10:58:13 PM

Well you get some calls and then you don't. That was the home call it happens.

5/28/2007 11:17:26 PM

people who are Sox fans now, and were Yanks fans a couple of years ago are 2 things

not Sox fans

not baseball fans

5/28/2007 11:19:57 PM

Considering I've been a sox fan since I was born...i don't let it bother me that much. I love seeing the B and the two sox when I walk down the street. Sox bandwagoners just means more yankee haters out there...which I feel the world could always use more of.

5/29/2007 8:30:19 AM

Beckett comes back, pitches great, goes 8-0

Sox on a 5 game win streak
Yankees on a 5 game losing streak

Life is good

5/29/2007 10:09:48 PM

it's kind of funny (at least to me) how little gets posted in this thread. it's like we're all enjoying the success so far this year and don't want to say anything. hell, i find it extremely difficult to talk shit to my yankee friends

5/30/2007 10:08:24 AM

Yeah, I know. It's like it's too good to be true right now. Plus, I think the Red Sox were miffed at how last year ended, and they are out there to prove something. Plus, I am happy to say that Kevin Youkilis is carrying my fantasy teams on his back.

5/30/2007 10:25:14 AM

Youk is quickly filling in where trot left off - hard worker, coming up through the organization, kind of blue collar and scruffy.

5/30/2007 1:52:27 PM

now if we could just have Trot back and keep the money we wasted on the bowl of suck in J.D. Drew.

5/30/2007 3:57:22 PM

now if we could just have Trot back and keep the money we wasted on the bowl of suck in J.D. Drew.

5/30/2007 3:59:46 PM

3 @ home vs. the Evil Empire this weekend...

5/31/2007 3:48:31 PM

I'll go ahead and beat Yankee fans to the punch

THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS TEAM NOW?

6/7/2007 2:16:49 AM

Three games at home vs. the Rockies. Got to sweep these guys.

6/12/2007 9:29:30 AM

Don't knock the Rocks. They're playing decent, especially on the road.

6/12/2007 10:24:07 AM

I'm just saying that we got to win these games, at least 2 out of 3.

6/12/2007 11:11:14 AM

what's wrong with this team is we just played the D-backs and A's on the road (combined record 71-55) while the yanks played the White Sox on the road (27-37) and Pitt at home (26-37)

6/12/2007 12:53:25 PM

nice to see boston finally moving Lugo out of the 1-spot. Pedroia is lead-off tonight with lugo hitting in the 9 spot

6/12/2007 5:21:33 PM

^and Lugo had a decent game last night in the win.

6/13/2007 12:01:24 PM

Hey Sox.....don't look now....

6/15/2007 2:29:16 PM

^True... 7.5 games now, and Beckett is human after all.

6/15/2007 2:33:53 PM

Though I dont like the Yanks or the BoSox I want the Yanks to catch up only to be drilled out of the playoffs by the BoSox at the end of the season. (Thats because the AL wildcard will come from the west.)

6/16/2007 2:05:57 PM

swept the giants...on to atl

must have sucked to see your bats go silent on your golden boy clemen$

[Edited on June 17, 2007 at 8:38 PM. Reason : .]

6/17/2007 8:37:23 PM

el duque's trying to get 100 pitch count through 2

6/17/2007 8:52:05 PM

I find it funny that the Yankee's fans come out of the woodwork when they hit there hot streak, I knew they wouldn't stay down forever. The Red Sox couldn't stay red hot forever. We still have a nice lead. I am more pissed about Bonds homering in Fenway.

The Red Sox just need to handle there business especially with the Sox and Yankees going on the road.

6/17/2007 9:00:38 PM

i haven't noticed any surge of yanks fans coming out of the woodwork but that's just me...funny a sox fan would talk about such a thing though

6/17/2007 9:34:36 PM

Drew solo's to start the first...Coco pops a 3-run homer 2 outs later to put the sox up 5-0 on the braves...after they intentionally walked tek

drew gets a doulbe to start the 2nd! let's go sox!

6/20/2007 8:05:48 PM

just in time for ortiz' homer...seems to be a sox heavy crowd...heard today that some 30,000 sox fans were going to san diego for that series

6/20/2007 8:10:12 PM

yeah - i'm a little bummed about missing the game. the vp of advertising at home depot invited the managers to the suite for the game tonight...but no significant others and I already had date plans for tonight (in about half an hour)...oh well, probably for the best - might not like me cheering for the sox

btw, isn't it funny how people call sox fans bandwagon when the braves has 22 pages in their thread? that's a lot of TWW'ers from atlanta

6/20/2007 8:24:31 PM

Tito just got thrown out after arguing a 2nd reversed call going against the Red Sox. The first was a ball that bounced in front of Manny that was originally ruled a catch, the 2nd a home run by the Padres off the foul pole, originally called a foul. Both times after the errant call was made, the Padres manager came out to argue the call, and shortly after the umpiring crew got together, talked about it, and corrected the call.

I see shitty calls made all the time, yet hardly ever see the crew reverse any calls, much less blatantly bad ones. Managers come out all the time to argue calls, and it NEVER does any good. Yet it just happened twice in the same game against the Sox. Anyway, just had to rant

6/24/2007 12:02:38 AM

i'm a sox fan, but i'm glad they corrected the calls. wouldve been nice to win despite, but oh well

6/24/2007 12:07:59 AM

Nice 4-game series against the ChiSox

8/26/2007 10:56:39 PM

It's time to beat the Yanks at the stadium starting tomorrow.

8/27/2007 9:45:39 AM

I'm going to be there

8/27/2007 11:23:44 AM

BTTT

Clay with the no-no in his second start.

At least the day wasn't a total bust

9/2/2007 9:55:22 AM

Man, this thread is dead now. I mean, the Red Sox in the pennant race fans, let's not get too complacent heading into the postseason. I guess it's because the NFL is back or the fact that the Red Sox have a six game lead, but it's not over. The Sox has to finish.

9/6/2007 2:25:19 PM

no dude - it's because I'm a life long sox fan who has lived through season after season of pain. no fucking way am I saying anything until after the playoffs hit

I still don't feel comfortable with a 6 game lead

just look at bill Simmons - he doesn't say shit about the Red Sox this year compared to last year. Hell, if he wasn't paid to be "the red sox guy" by ESPN, I'm sure we would hear nothing about them.

9/6/2007 2:39:47 PM

weird, I was just looking for a thread I posted in 2003 about when the Sox were like 11 back of the Yanks about this time of year. I put $100 on them to still win the division at like 125-1 and they came damn close. oh well guess it got purged

9/6/2007 2:43:50 PM

Someone please tell me what the hell Gagne was doing on the mound in the 8th with a one run lead

You know, besides WALKING IN THE FUCKING TYING RUN AFTER HAVING 2 OUTS WITH NOBODY ON



/rant

9/18/2007 10:05:55 PM

it's been a long, slow slide the last 2.5 months

we are .545 since june 30

9/18/2007 10:23:59 PM

you could be a braves fan

we're .513 since april 30

9/18/2007 10:26:49 PM

Tito is begging to be fired at the end of this year, his managerial descions as of late have been questionable. Friday was bad enough. Gagne is a guy you bring in when the game is in hand or you don't wanna lose ground he sucks when the pressure is on.

9/18/2007 11:05:09 PM

The 2007 Boston Red Sox

Your AL East Division Champions

9/28/2007 10:58:35 PM

woooo fuck new york!

9/28/2007 11:01:28 PM

9/29/2007 12:21:37 AM

gg Red Sox for preserving the Braves consecutive division titles streak. Also I will be rooting for you to play the Cubbies in the World Series.

October baseball - I can't wait.

9/29/2007 12:42:54 AM