Ding-d0ng, the Sox are dead! | naxself's random stuff

Last night's game 7 of the ALCS made me very happy. After the Red Sox showed what the Rays should have been doing - patiently waiting for the pitcher to throw a strike - they turned into flailers against David Price. That warmed my heart just a little.

You see, I'm tired of the Red Sox. I'm tired of seeing them on TV all the time. (The again, I'm tired of ESPN in general, but that's a whole other kettle of fish.) I'm tired of them infiltrating Peter King's otherwise excellent football columns. I'm tired of "Red Sox Nation" and every other "[Insert entity here] Nation". I am happy, though, that their fans - supposedly true fans who never give up - gave up and left during game 5. That amused me even as the Rays did everything wrong and the Sox batters did everything right. I'm tired of the Red Sox trying to be underdogs while having a $200 million payroll. You can be the 2nd highest spender in the game or your can be an underdog; you cannot, however, be both.

I have no illusions that the Red Sox will suck next year. Their pitching is too good. But they are, like every other team, eminantly beatable. The Rays proved it throughout the regular season and and again just now. The Rays won despite their atrocious fielding. They won because of their pitching, which saved them even in the games they lost (except, of course, the game 5 debacle). So the rest of the AL, esp. the East, needs to learn from the Rays.

But other than the Rays, I don't have much hope for the East. The Blue Jays, under J.P. Ricciardi, are drowning in mediocrity (and will remain that way until Ricciardi is fired; get on that Beeston!). The Yankees, under Hank, are on a one-way bus to Crazy Town, even with the level-headed and otherwise brilliant Brian Cashman in charge. The Orioles, under Peter Angelos, are the mayors of Crazy Town. So it's up to you, Rays, to keep beating the Red Sox. And maybe, just maybe, you'll get a game on ESPN sometime next year in between the before and after hype of Red Sox-Yankees.

EDIT: Apparently FN thinks "d o n g" is a bad word, even in the above context. That's ridiculous.

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October 28, 2008 09:44 AM ET

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what did the rays prove in the regular season?
absolutely nothing, the season series was 10-9 Rays
Ill admit the rays like to cheat, the Rays are a bunch of loud mouths.
the Rays have their nation. Remember that fight between the benches of the Red Sox and Rays where jonny gomes and dioneer navarro sucker-punched coco crisp its not right to hit somebody when they are down, Plus the Rays were on TV more than the Red Sox. Plus the Rays had a cinderella season but they will be the bottom of the hole again next year.

hill09

Wakefield , MI

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October 29, 2008 09:12 PM ET

The Rays did not cheat, they beat the Red Sox. How, Ill never know? Nice blog loser, if you think ESPN will not talk about the Red Sox and Yankees predominantly than you are wishing on a star. Just wait until this WS being watched by the dozens to be over, then its hot stove time for the Yanks and Sox. The Rays had a great year, but next year will be back to normal. If not, the Red SOx will still have fans and the Rays will have that dump they call a stadium.

While I did not leave the game (I was not there), I can hardly blame them after the effort the Sox put up in Fenway up to that point. The fans at the games are not the true fans anymore. The true fans are priced out of that park in the playoffs especially, BUt why am I wasting my time explaining facts to an idiot who writes about how happy he is someone lost. Try being happy when someone wins, or do you just root for the winning team.

Schadenfreude

Seattle , WA

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October 29, 2008 09:14 PM ET

Since I cant give up, check your facts, 4th highest payroll of 135 million. 65 million is a pretty big number so try to get some facts from sources other than your small brain. The underdog argument came from being down 3-1. That is an underdog at that point. Before that point, they were not. You are just an idiot.

November 3, 2008 04:34 PM ET

1. If it's a crappy blog, why comment? I think that says more about you than me.

2. You're right: the Sox only had a payroll of $133,440,037, which was $75,641,542 less than the Yankees and $89,619,439 more than the Rays. The Sox were 1 of 4 teams with a payroll in excess of $130 million. None of that makes them an underdog. Not even being down 3-1 makes them an underdog because they should, with the players they have, win relatively easily.

3. On 18 July 2008, you wrote about Joba Chamberlain: "He is probably right, I don't care, I hope he blows his arm out. Mainly, I just want to see this team home in October." Therefore, you gave up the high road on that day when it comes to telling me not to be happy about the Red Sox losing.

4. You, and your insane defensiveness, are the reason nobody likes Red Sox fans.