when every other douchebag in Raleigh, NC starts wearing Red Sox hats over the course of about three years, i'd say the bandwagon talk is justified

10/17/2008 11:02:09 AM

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"EVERY SINGLE MAJOR MARKET TEAM WHO IS SUCCESSFUL HAS LOTS OF BANDWAGON FANS."

Except for the Mets

10/17/2008 11:07:39 AM

Quote :

" It's even more cliche to call every Red Sox fan bandwagon then it is to JOIN the Red Sox bandwagon at this point."

10/17/2008 11:42:49 AM

NyM410 speaks the truth

10/17/2008 11:57:40 AM

I was going to amend my bandwagon comment then I saw rfong's comment at the of page 1. That's pretty much exactly what I was going to say. I will keep rocking my old ass DBulls hat!

10/17/2008 12:31:26 PM

it wasn't a cliche to point out the red sox bandwagoners in 2004, it's still not cliche to point them out now in 2008

I'd be pissed too if I was a real fan of a team whose mascot was jimmy fallon

10/17/2008 12:37:45 PM

Quote :

"when every other douchebag in Raleigh, NC starts wearing Red Sox hats over the course of about three years, i'd say the bandwagon talk is justified"

What, did their Yankees hats get too faded?

One bangwagon I can't quite seem to figure out is the Cubs. Now it isn't due to any real success but they have tons of "fans" who have never even been to Chicago. I think a lot of people like to be associated with drunken faggotry or something, so they hop on the Cubs hat frenzy.

[Edited on October 17, 2008 at 1:21 PM. Reason : p.s.- I have like a 6 year old faded Red Sox hat and some Mets hats. troll me.]

10/17/2008 1:21:17 PM

Dude be serious here, prior to 2004, there were VERY FEW Boston hats here in NC.

Since 2004, over half of "baseball" fans are wearing the blue Boston hats and other versions.

They are bandwagon as fuck. How could you say otherwise?

10/17/2008 1:24:13 PM

Quote :

"when every other douchebag in Raleigh, NC starts wearing Red Sox hats over the course of about three years, i'd say the bandwagon talk is justified"

I came to NC State in the Fall of 2003. My very first class was some Intro. to Business Mathematics/Finance class that had about 150 students. Of those, I distinctly remember at least 8 people wearing Sox hats in that class. I recall telling my dad about it, I thought it was cool because I came to State from MA. I am sure now that there are many others now donning Red Sox stuff, but there are "real" fans in Raleigh too.

10/17/2008 1:29:32 PM

People will always hate on good teams. It's the same thing with the Cowboys, Yankees, Steelers (now talk about a bandwagon out of nowhere. I literally never saw ANY Steelers fans pre-Big Ben in Raleigh and now they are EVERYWHERE! -- at least I saw a bunch of Sox hats/shirts in Raleigh early 2000s), Red Sox etc, etc.

10/17/2008 1:32:19 PM

amen

10/17/2008 1:32:20 PM

There are plenty of non-real Sox fans too.....many don't even know Big Papi's real name.

Most are just Braves fans that have given up on their real team.

10/17/2008 1:39:23 PM

I'm positive there are bandwagoners in Raleigh now. I'm also positive that there were plenty of "real" Sox fans in Raleigh in 2003. They played the A's in Oakland in the playoffs that year and two of the games went past bar closing time, like 14 innings. I personally hauled 6 of them in the back of my truck to my house from Sammy's at 2:30 one morning after we got kicked out.

10/17/2008 1:43:49 PM

My wife's father and step-mother live in RI and claim to be Patriot and Red Sox fans, but the only player they can name on either team is Tom Brady. They probably think Big Papi is some type of character on a childrens show.

10/17/2008 1:44:58 PM

Quote :

"You just jinxed the fuck out of the Rays."

10/19/2008 2:00:35 AM

God I knew this shit was going to happen as soon as that rally happened in game 5. The red sox will win game 7, sweep the phillies, blah blah blah win another world series, become the Yankees, suck a lot of dick, be stuck up faggots, etc... i hope i'm wrong, but i'm pretty positive this thing is already the red sox to lose

10/19/2008 2:36:46 AM

I was really never a baseball fan until my friend moved from New England in middle school. and was a Red Sox fan, went to Boston a couple of times and fell in love with the sox and fenway... that coupled with a hate for yankees fans made me a red sox fan.

in exchange for red sox fandom he's at least converted to the panthers, unless they are playing the patriots.

[Edited on October 19, 2008 at 3:44 AM. Reason : .]

10/19/2008 3:39:59 AM

Screw it the Rays are gonna win the series tonight b/c they don't know any better. They're too young and inexperienced for the past performance of the Red Sox and themselves to affect the way they play... I hope.

10/19/2008 4:11:20 PM

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10/19/2008 11:42:57 PM

Now this thread can exist.

10/19/2008 11:43:40 PM

So wait.....does this mean that I'm not gonna have new episodes of shit like House, Prison Break and Fringe because of these two lame teams?

10/19/2008 11:44:22 PM

<---- biggest Rays fan in the country now...

10/19/2008 11:44:37 PM

waiting for Upton to say "when we hongry, we eat"

10/19/2008 11:45:13 PM

Quote :

"So wait.....does this mean that I'm not gonna have new episodes of shit like House, Prison Break and Fringe because of these two lame teams?"

Fringe? Really?

10/19/2008 11:55:40 PM

Well my guess is the Series will break down like this

Wednesday @ Tampa (Technically St. Petersburg)
Thursday @ Tampa

Saturday @ Philadelphia
Sunday @ Philadelphia
Monday* @ Philadelphia

Wednesday* @ Tampa
Thursday* @ Tampa

*If necessary

So my guess is even if it ends in 4 the days that games are on will be repeats of shows.

10/20/2008 12:16:50 AM

Rays fans = Canes fans


can't get a full house during the regular season, but damn it if that place isn't packed come postseason time

10/20/2008 12:39:31 AM

no boston fan should ever speak of a bandwagon

10/20/2008 12:45:14 AM

Anyone want to become a Phillies bandwagoner, or is that not trendy enough this season

[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 2:00 AM. Reason

[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 2:18 AM. Reason : GO PHILS]

10/20/2008 2:00:02 AM

wut?

10/20/2008 2:12:05 AM

Quote :

"Rays fans = Canes fans can't get a full house during the regular season, but damn it if that place isn't packed come postseason tim"

remember, they still had tarps in the upper deck for games 1 and 2 of the ALCS

what a fucking pathetic fan base

10/20/2008 6:13:48 AM

all I have to say to you Phillies fans:

10/20/2008 6:47:51 AM

Quote :

"remember, they still had tarps in the upper deck for games 1 and 2 of the ALCS what a fucking pathetic fan base"

10/20/2008 4:29:50 PM

Confessions of Wolfey

Quote :

" From : Wolfey To : vonjordan3 Received : Wednesday October 15, 2008 at 6:56 PM Subject : Re: bandwagon fan Fuck off faggot If you hate baseball so much why do you feel the need to post in every baseball thread. I hate pro basketball but you don't see me posting in every single NBA thread. Nope. I still hold out hope for the Sox. They are down but the fat lady hasn't sung yet "

Quote :

" From : vonjordan3 To : Wolfey Received : Wednesday October 15, 2008 at 7:03 PM Subject : Re: bandwagon fan You will regret the day that you wer born son. You think you can scare me, People will walk around and hit you as many times as the red sox got hit on yesterday, they will laugh at you as the great wall at fenway falls, and the bandwagon drives off! PS. There are not 32 NBA threads for every single fucking team! "

10/20/2008 4:33:06 PM

Quote :

"Dude be serious here, prior to 2004, there were VERY FEW Boston hats here in NC. Since 2004, over half of "baseball" fans are wearing the blue Boston hats and other versions. They are bandwagon as fuck. How could you say otherwise?"

People started being Boston fans because everyone hated the Yankees. Now Red Sox Nation has gotten even more annoying than the Yankees. The worse part is, they all deny being bandwagon fans.

10/20/2008 4:41:50 PM

I see a lot of chicks wearing B hats...and dudes who look like they live at some lame sports bar...Why would anybody want to associate themselves with this shit?

10/20/2008 4:53:43 PM

Quote :

"One bangwagon I can't quite seem to figure out is the Cubs. Now it isn't due to any real success but they have tons of "fans" who have never even been to Chicago. I think a lot of people like to be associated with drunken faggotry or something, so they hop on the Cubs hat frenzy."

WGN.

10/20/2008 6:13:25 PM

go twinkies!

10/20/2008 6:36:52 PM

it's hard to not like the cubs, b/c they remind me of nc state.

w/e, go phils.

i'm going to feel like a fucking idiot when they win the series and i start seeing phillies hats everywhere. oh well.

10/20/2008 6:38:24 PM

^exactly, people like the cubs because they suck, that is like anti-bandwagon

10/20/2008 7:05:40 PM

I always like bad teams. Atlanta's always my favorite, but I liked Detroit like 3 years ago before they started winning, TB like a while ago for drafting Hamilton and Paul Wilder, and recently because I thought they would be very good soon (althought I thought it would take another year or two) and I got my first Boston hat in 2001, and another in like 2005, but now I don't wear either because everybody does, and I don't really like Boston fans. I guess I'll have to go ahead and jump on the Royals bandwagon for 2011.

10/20/2008 7:48:55 PM

some odds...

Who will be the World Series MVP?

PHILLIES

Ryan Howard, 15-2

Cole Hamels, 10-1

Jimmy Rollins, 11-1

Chase Utley, 12-1

Brad Lidge, 12-1

Brett Myers, 13-1

Pat Burrell, 13-1

RAYS

B.J. Upton, 7-1

Evan Longoria, 8-1

James Shields, 12-1

Carlos Pena, 12-1

Carl Crawford, 12-1

Scott Kazmir, 13-1

Who will hit the most home runs?

PHILLIES

Ryan Howard, 4-1

Chase Utley, 7-1

Pat Burrell, 8-1

Jayson Werth, 8-1

Shane Victorino, 10-1

RAYS

Evan Longoria, 3-1

B.J. Upton, 3-1

Carlos Pena, 7-2

Who will be the first manager ejected?

Charlie Manuel, 5-6

Joe Maddon, 5-6

Will a fan streak at the World Series?

Yes, 6-1

Which city will be the first to have a game delayed because of fan debris?

Philadelphia, 1-5

Tampa Bay, 3-1

10/21/2008 6:21:11 PM

Quote :

"Which city will be the first to have a game delayed because of fan debris? Philadelphia, 1-5"

I think they missed some zeros there at the end

10/21/2008 6:53:51 PM

Ahaah they actually put that in the lines?

I'd put money on Hamels for Philly and Evan for TB.

I say Rays in 6....Hamels wins his two starts but Tampa kills the rest of the rotation.

10/22/2008 1:19:53 AM

RAYS 4-0

AL >>>>> NL

10/22/2008 11:43:32 AM

this is probably the worst night so far this semester for the world series to start.

fucking lame.

10/22/2008 11:52:35 AM

pre-game sucked

10/22/2008 8:16:10 PM

Rays in 6

10/22/2008 8:18:24 PM

id love a rays sweep

lol at the backdoor boys singing. wow.

[Edited on October 22, 2008 at 8:20 PM. Reason : f]

10/22/2008 8:19:15 PM

Worst national anthem ever

10/22/2008 8:20:21 PM

oh god...this is unbearable [mute]

setting alarm for 10 min from now, maybe itll be over

10/22/2008 8:20:28 PM