only one october
Well, so much for October.
I don't really want to harp on how the Red Sox blew the ALCS, but it is pretty insanely huge news in Boston. Obviously.
Here is the thing: I am pretty bummed that the Sox aren't going to the World Series. However. My immediate reaction, the "damn - the Sox lost, but at least there is no parade" is completely ridiculous, and it just goes to show how insane this whole championship thing has become. Like oh my God, another parade! What an inconvenience!
You know who would love a parade? Tampa Bay. They would love a parade. You know who else would love a parade? Philadelphia. Neither of these teams has ever won a World Series*, ever, and they would be so fucking thrilled to win.
Boston, on the other hand, is pretty complacent. When we win, we are not surprised. Of course we won, this is Boston, we breed champions. It's something in the water, maybe.
We are so annoying. Red Sox fans are the new Yankees fans; people fucking loathe us because of our attitude toward baseball and toward other teams, and the worst part of all is that we are still so shitty toward Yankees fans.
If you go to NYC sporting your Red Sox gear, nobody cares or looks twice at you. If you come to Boston wearing a Yankees cap, verbal abuse is not exactly unlikely. Hell, I have a White Sox hat (sparkly!) and more than once people have given me shit for wearing it.
"White Sox? White Sox? What about the Red Sox? You're in Boston, you know?"
And it's like yes, I know, I know. I am just trying to show Chicago some love in a city full of rabid Red Sox fans. Yes, I love my home team, and I root root root for them indeed, but please people, leave me and my sparkly White Sox hat alone already.
Furthermore, the White Sox and the Red Sox are friends! You should see them when they play each other, they are all buddy buddy. Everybody's laughing and joking and having a fan-fucking-tastic time on the field.
Also, remember when the White Sox beat the Red Sox in the ALDS in 2005 and then went on to win the World Series? Chicago fans didn't become total assholes. I mean, I'm sure they were all, "Yo Cubs fans, way to fail where we succeeded!" Because, you see, the Cubs fans haven't won a World Series since 1908. The White Sox hadn't won one since 1917, but hey, eighty-eight years is less than ONE HUNDRED.
When the Red Sox won, however, at first it was like, "HURRAY! No more curse! We rule!" And there was a parade on duck boats and nobody begrudged them that, because HI. WE WON. AFTER EIGHTY-SIX YEARS, WE WON.
So there were celebrations, and it ruled, and we lost the next year (to the White Sox, remember!) and we lost the year after, and then we WON AGAIN, and everybody hated us.
First, because we are awesome.
Second, because we are assholes.
It's not like the Red Sox aren't an extraordinary team. They are. They proved that in game five, when they came so close to losing it all, but ended up winning. And then they won game six.
And everyone, including me, was like, "Dear Red Sox. Why must you make this big show of almost-losing the ALCS before you win the World Series. Seriously. You do it every time."
After game five, there was seriously very little doubt in any Red Sox fan's mind that they would win. They call us the Fenway Faithful for a reason. Red Sox Nation. WHATEVER.
The loss in the ALCS yesterday was huge. Beyond huge. And as major as it was to the team, who had gotten so far only fall short, I think it was probably a bigger deal to the fans.
We are not humble. We are not nice. And as fans, we don't deserve the team we have.
Boston is a city full of championship teams, but winning has become par for the course. The Red Sox will not be going to the World Series. The Patriots will not be going to the Superbowl. As far as the Celtics and the Bruins go, who knows?
I wish the Bruins the best because they deserve a little glory. The Celtics? Fuck them.
In summation, while I love the Red Sox, and I love them a lot…
Go White Sox. Go Yankees. Go anybody but us.
(I am sure my position on this will change by next year, but for the time being? Fuck you, fellow fans. Fuck you.)
*This is wrong. Philadelphia did win the Series once in the ancient past, my baseball intelligence failed me.
I don't really want to harp on how the Red Sox blew the ALCS, but it is pretty insanely huge news in Boston. Obviously.
Here is the thing: I am pretty bummed that the Sox aren't going to the World Series. However. My immediate reaction, the "damn - the Sox lost, but at least there is no parade" is completely ridiculous, and it just goes to show how insane this whole championship thing has become. Like oh my God, another parade! What an inconvenience!
You know who would love a parade? Tampa Bay. They would love a parade. You know who else would love a parade? Philadelphia. Neither of these teams has ever won a World Series*, ever, and they would be so fucking thrilled to win.
Boston, on the other hand, is pretty complacent. When we win, we are not surprised. Of course we won, this is Boston, we breed champions. It's something in the water, maybe.
We are so annoying. Red Sox fans are the new Yankees fans; people fucking loathe us because of our attitude toward baseball and toward other teams, and the worst part of all is that we are still so shitty toward Yankees fans.
If you go to NYC sporting your Red Sox gear, nobody cares or looks twice at you. If you come to Boston wearing a Yankees cap, verbal abuse is not exactly unlikely. Hell, I have a White Sox hat (sparkly!) and more than once people have given me shit for wearing it.
"White Sox? White Sox? What about the Red Sox? You're in Boston, you know?"
And it's like yes, I know, I know. I am just trying to show Chicago some love in a city full of rabid Red Sox fans. Yes, I love my home team, and I root root root for them indeed, but please people, leave me and my sparkly White Sox hat alone already.
Furthermore, the White Sox and the Red Sox are friends! You should see them when they play each other, they are all buddy buddy. Everybody's laughing and joking and having a fan-fucking-tastic time on the field.
Also, remember when the White Sox beat the Red Sox in the ALDS in 2005 and then went on to win the World Series? Chicago fans didn't become total assholes. I mean, I'm sure they were all, "Yo Cubs fans, way to fail where we succeeded!" Because, you see, the Cubs fans haven't won a World Series since 1908. The White Sox hadn't won one since 1917, but hey, eighty-eight years is less than ONE HUNDRED.
When the Red Sox won, however, at first it was like, "HURRAY! No more curse! We rule!" And there was a parade on duck boats and nobody begrudged them that, because HI. WE WON. AFTER EIGHTY-SIX YEARS, WE WON.
So there were celebrations, and it ruled, and we lost the next year (to the White Sox, remember!) and we lost the year after, and then we WON AGAIN, and everybody hated us.
First, because we are awesome.
Second, because we are assholes.
It's not like the Red Sox aren't an extraordinary team. They are. They proved that in game five, when they came so close to losing it all, but ended up winning. And then they won game six.
And everyone, including me, was like, "Dear Red Sox. Why must you make this big show of almost-losing the ALCS before you win the World Series. Seriously. You do it every time."
After game five, there was seriously very little doubt in any Red Sox fan's mind that they would win. They call us the Fenway Faithful for a reason. Red Sox Nation. WHATEVER.
The loss in the ALCS yesterday was huge. Beyond huge. And as major as it was to the team, who had gotten so far only fall short, I think it was probably a bigger deal to the fans.
We are not humble. We are not nice. And as fans, we don't deserve the team we have.
Boston is a city full of championship teams, but winning has become par for the course. The Red Sox will not be going to the World Series. The Patriots will not be going to the Superbowl. As far as the Celtics and the Bruins go, who knows?
I wish the Bruins the best because they deserve a little glory. The Celtics? Fuck them.
In summation, while I love the Red Sox, and I love them a lot…
Go White Sox. Go Yankees. Go anybody but us.
(I am sure my position on this will change by next year, but for the time being? Fuck you, fellow fans. Fuck you.)
*This is wrong. Philadelphia did win the Series once in the ancient past, my baseball intelligence failed me.