This morning there was an article on ESPN Boston written by Gordon Edes. It is partially in response to the Bill Simmons article that I bashed on July 30th. A month ago. And now ESPN is fully on board with the idea that the Red Sox are not boring. Come on! How can you call them boring? Look what's happening! Welcome to the party, ESPN. Some of us have been keeping the seat warm for a while now.
"For all of you who decided that these Boston Red Sox are boring -- and evidently, there are a lot of you, considering that 'Red Sox boring' produced 350,000 hits on Google -- you can leave now. Turn off the lights. And close the door behind you." -- Gordon Edes, ESPN Boston (August 28th).
I mean, hey -- I'm glad that Gordon Edes had his epiphany that the Sox aren't boring. Now that they are within 4.5 games, they will admit that they're exciting. They all have to wait for something great to happen before they'll go forward with the idea. Personally, I didn't see the need to wait until the midst of a crucial series with the Rays with the AL East lead as achievable as it's been in months.
"Just about every damn contributor on this team has gotten injured and missed time. How can you expect them to be riveting and exciting with Darnell McDonald starting in center every day and Bill Hall playing second base? Kevin Cash catching? Triple-A players being called upon to fill the shoes of all-stars? Given the hand they have been dealt, I think it has been pretty exciting watching the Red Sox this year." -- DRob, Ultimate Boston (July 30th).
They've been exciting all year. I'm not buying this stuff about how now, all of a sudden, they're exciting because they beat the Rays in the first game. Spare me the misery. The Sox are playing the same baseball they have been for a while now. What's the difference? The Rays and Yankees are losing. New York's pitching rotation is a mess right now. Tampa's offense will just straight up flop on any given night. And above all, these Red Sox have always been within striking distance. You don't see me bash people all the time. But when people throw in the towel on a season before August rolls around, I can't help myself. Kind of like when "El Pres" said that Boston's August 7th game was "do or die." Seriously? I can't just let that go. And trust me, if the Red Sox make a nice run and get into the playoffs past one of these two teams, El Pres will never hear the end of it (even if he never even hears it in the first place because nobody actually reads Ultimate Boston). Long story short, I'm getting a little tired of the people who give up on this team and say it's all over in early August. But it's not just those people. If you're not a Red Sox fan, hey -- no big deal. I don't care. But when Boston makes the playoffs, El Pres and everyone else will be right back on the bandwagon hootin' and hollerin' for a world series ring. It happens every season with the Bruins and it will definitely be happening this year if the Sox make the playoffs. The fan base just magically triples in size for the postseason. Gotta love the bandwagoners.
Anyway, the exciting Sox will take on the Rays again in what can be another huge step forward in their hunt for a postseason spot. Cy Young contender Clay Buchholz is slated to take on Matt Garza for the Rays. Start time is 7:10 PM ET from the Trop.
I mean, hey -- I'm glad that Gordon Edes had his epiphany that the Sox aren't boring. Now that they are within 4.5 games, they will admit that they're exciting. They all have to wait for something great to happen before they'll go forward with the idea. Personally, I didn't see the need to wait until the midst of a crucial series with the Rays with the AL East lead as achievable as it's been in months.
"Just about every damn contributor on this team has gotten injured and missed time. How can you expect them to be riveting and exciting with Darnell McDonald starting in center every day and Bill Hall playing second base? Kevin Cash catching? Triple-A players being called upon to fill the shoes of all-stars? Given the hand they have been dealt, I think it has been pretty exciting watching the Red Sox this year." -- DRob, Ultimate Boston (July 30th).
They've been exciting all year. I'm not buying this stuff about how now, all of a sudden, they're exciting because they beat the Rays in the first game. Spare me the misery. The Sox are playing the same baseball they have been for a while now. What's the difference? The Rays and Yankees are losing. New York's pitching rotation is a mess right now. Tampa's offense will just straight up flop on any given night. And above all, these Red Sox have always been within striking distance. You don't see me bash people all the time. But when people throw in the towel on a season before August rolls around, I can't help myself. Kind of like when "El Pres" said that Boston's August 7th game was "do or die." Seriously? I can't just let that go. And trust me, if the Red Sox make a nice run and get into the playoffs past one of these two teams, El Pres will never hear the end of it (even if he never even hears it in the first place because nobody actually reads Ultimate Boston). Long story short, I'm getting a little tired of the people who give up on this team and say it's all over in early August. But it's not just those people. If you're not a Red Sox fan, hey -- no big deal. I don't care. But when Boston makes the playoffs, El Pres and everyone else will be right back on the bandwagon hootin' and hollerin' for a world series ring. It happens every season with the Bruins and it will definitely be happening this year if the Sox make the playoffs. The fan base just magically triples in size for the postseason. Gotta love the bandwagoners.
Anyway, the exciting Sox will take on the Rays again in what can be another huge step forward in their hunt for a postseason spot. Cy Young contender Clay Buchholz is slated to take on Matt Garza for the Rays. Start time is 7:10 PM ET from the Trop.
The sox are a boring team tho... Yes it would be exciting for a hardcore fan like yourself to see people like Macdonald, Kalish, and Lowery keep the team in the race... even tho they're prob not going to get in the playoffs (possible: very much so, probable: not at all)
ReplyDeleteTo the casual fan, like myself, this is such a boring team. Casual fans want to see "the idiots", they want to see Pedro plunking dudes and throwing senior citizens on the ground, they want to see Ortiz and Manny being retards. We the casual fans don't care about J.D. Drew's .351 OBP or that a bunch of AAA players might get them close to the playoffs. We want personality because lets face it, 162 games is way too long and boring. Even management knows the team is boring, they tried to bring back Damon. The most telling sign of this team being boring is that the sellout streak isn't looking too good, may end by the end of the season.
And by the way if you didn't have bandwagon jumpers and pink hat fans, your team wouldn't have 150 million dollar pay roll, so you def should love them.