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2011 MLB Season Thread.

Silencio said:
Oh well, having just moved to New York I guess I'll have to jump on the Yankees bandwagon
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You wouldn't be the first, or the last on that bandwagon. The wheels have to be reinforced with titanium to support the weight of all the front-running, non-New Yorkers.

Well, I have no fingernails left. I'm looking forward to being put out of my misery, one way or the other.

I'd also like to put a bloody horse head in John Lackey's bed.
 
I would not call Red Sox fans bandwagon, just fickle who don't care when the team is losing.
 
MacNut said:
I would not call Red Sox fans bandwagon,
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Yeah, I wouldn't either.

just fickle who don't care when the team is losing.
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That's probably the dumbest statement about Red Sox fans I've ever heard, and there have been a lot of those. I'm going to go ahead and assume you've never actually been to Boston, because if you had, you'd know what kind of mood the city is in right now.
 
Queen of Spades said:
Yeah, I wouldn't either.



That's probably the dumbest statement about Red Sox fans I've ever heard, and there have been a lot of those. I'm going to go ahead and assume you've never actually been to Boston, because if you had, you'd know what kind of mood the city is in right now.
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Right now? as in the past 5 years when all the major teams won a championship, or 15 years ago?

Red Sox fans are the most bipolar, one bad week and they are already burning the city down.
 
MacNut said:
Right now? as in the past 5 years when all the major teams won a championship, or 15 years ago?

Red Sox fans are the most bipolar, one bad week and they are already burning the city down.
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Well I never claimed we were mentally secure - but the dispassionate remark is way off. And this has been a particularly gruesome swoon, you have to admit. I can't imagine you were too thrilled in 2001, 2004, 2007, etc. Winning doesn't make losing blow any less.
 
Queen of Spades said:
Well I never claimed we were mentally secure - but the dispassionate remark is way off. And this has been a particularly gruesome swoon, you have to admit. I can't imagine you were too thrilled in 2001, 2004, 2007, etc. Winning doesn't make losing blow any less.
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If you look at the 80's to early 90's the stadium was empty. It was not because the fans didn't exist it was because the team sucked. The current Yankee winning era started in 94. Sure there were some new fans that came aboard the majority of them have been life long fans that just found something to root for.

The same goes for Boston, when the team sucks the fans don't care, it is not bandwagon as the number or real fans far outweigh the posers. Sure fans want to cheer for a winner, but small bumps in the road don't mean you throw the team under the bus.

Lets take Jeter for example, early season everyone was calling for his head because his numbers sucked, then the second half he is tearing the cover off the ball and everyone things he can go another 5 years. Ortiz had the same reaction, everyone wanted him cut until he started to hit.
 
MacNut said:
If you look at the 80's to early 90's the stadium was empty. It was not because the fans didn't exist it was because the team sucked. The current Yankee winning era started in 94. Sure there were some new fans that came aboard the majority of them have been life long fans that just found something to root for.

The same goes for Boston, when the team sucks the fans don't care, it is not bandwagon as the number or real fans far outweigh the posers. Sure fans want to cheer for a winner, but small bumps in the road don't mean you throw the team under the bus.

Lets take Jeter for example, early season everyone was calling for his head because his numbers sucked, then the second half he is tearing the cover off the ball and everyone things he can go another 5 years. Ortiz had the same reaction, everyone wanted him cut until he started to hit.
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That pretty much sums it up for anyone that follows a team they really really like!
 
TwinCities Dan said:
Ozzie Guillen to the Florida Marlins? :eek:
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Reports are also coming out saying that Loria wants to make a big splash in free agency, and will be looking at Fielder, CC, and even Pujols. They plan on raising the payroll to about $100 million. I still think its all BS, and think it will end up being A. Ramirez and CJ Wilson, but at least the rumors are enjoyable.

They will also be opening up the 2012 season as the lone game, a day before the rest of the season starts.
 
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The.316 said:
TwinCities Dan said:
Ozzie Guillen to the Florida Marlins? :eek:
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Reports are also coming out saying that Loria wants to make a big splash in free agency, and will be looking at Fielder, CC, and even Pujols. They plan on raising the payroll to about $100 million. I still think its all BS, and think it will end up being A. Ramirez and CJ Wilson, but at least the rumors are enjoyable.

They will also be opening up the 2012 season as the lone game, a day before the rest of the season starts.
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The Yankees will be in the race for Wilson as their new #2. Of course the rangers won't let him go easily since they lost Lee. The Marlins will need to catch lightning in a bottle if they hope to land Wilson and hope to strike 5 times to get CC away from the Yankees.....
 
Buck Showalter last month said the Rays would take the Wild Card. Every thought he was nuts that the Sox would never give up a 9 game lead. This would go down as the biggest regular season choke ever.
 
MacNut said:
I would not call Red Sox fans bandwagon, just fickle who don't care when the team is losing.
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fickle? no. we definitely care about our team. we are just to preoccupied with our other teams to put up with ******** like this current red sox team.

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MacNut said:
If you look at the 80's to early 90's the stadium was empty. It was not because the fans didn't exist it was because the team sucked. The current Yankee winning era started in 94. Sure there were some new fans that came aboard the majority of them have been life long fans that just found something to root for.

The same goes for Boston, when the team sucks the fans don't care, it is not bandwagon as the number or real fans far outweigh the posers. Sure fans want to cheer for a winner, but small bumps in the road don't mean you throw the team under the bus.
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Yeah, small bumps...

These aren't small bumps. After their slow April start (11-15), they went on a tear for 4 months, going 72-37 (.660). That's not a fluke. This team has the talent. The fact that they are 6-19 (.240) in September is, to put it mildly, ****ING PATHETIC!

This team was cocky since the start, from the media calling them the best team ever assembled before spring training, to the talk of winning 100 games while down in spring training, to the 200 million dollar pay roll. 6-19 when the games matter most is AWFUL. They are a embarrassment to the Red Sox uniform and the city of Boston. THAT is the issue that the fans around here have right now. They don't deserve to make the playoffs, and even if they do, they don't deserve to win anything the way they have played for the past month.
 
Queen of Spades said:
Oh, how cool are you, kick them when they're down. You're building up some impressive baseball karma in this thread.

If that's how you want t be, my girlfriend is hotter than yours, and I still love my Sox.
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We what PICTURES !!!:D:D:D
 
MacNut said:
Your other choice is become a Met fan, but they are not usually happy.:p
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Eh, I'm a Giants fan and have many, many years of unhappiness under my belt already. I can't have another NL team.

I've never had a steady AL team, either. The A's propensity to blow it finally put me off them, and the newfound animosity between A's and Giants fans that has only really taken off in the past 10-12 years was the icing on the cake.

Think I'll secretly root for the Tigers this year. Al Alburquerque! One of the best baseball names of all time.
 
Queen of Spades said:
You did? That's kind of hilarious. Why do people on this site automatically assume everyone is male? So weird.
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I know how you feel. Maybe we need the girl/boy symbols next to our user names. ;)

And, on topic...how awesome is it that we have 4 teams entering the last day of the season with a chance to make the playoffs? I can't remember the last time that happened...it's certainly added a lot of excitement to the last week of the season.
 
Moyank24 said:
I know how you feel. Maybe we need the girl/boy symbols next to our user names. ;)

And, on topic...how awesome is it that we have 4 teams entering the last day of the season with a chance to make the playoffs? I can't remember the last time that happened...it's certainly added a lot of excitement to the last week of the season.
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It doesn't get any better than this :cool:
 
It is highly likely that we might need 2 playoff games to decide who goes on.
 
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