Who's a Red Sox dork?
Survey from redsox (my comments are in italics):
x = true
- = false
[-] I know atleast 5 players' birthdays
[x] I'm glad they traded Nomar
[-] David Wells is my favorite pitcher on the Red Sox
[x] Doug Mirabelli should play more
[x] Theo Esptein is a genius
[x] I find it amusing when Terry gets ejected
[x] I know who Rem Dawg and Announcer Boy are
[-] I have season tickets to the Red Sox
[-] I have atleast 3 Red Sox shirts (not yet, anyway)
[-] My friends think I'm crazy because of how much time I spend watching the Red Sox (my friends are just as crazy then)
[x] I respect some of the Yankees players (Matsui anyway, and what's-his-name who actually seems to enjoy playing)
[-] I have something that says "Yankees Suck" on it
[?] I can spell Mientkiewicz without looking it up (you know, I've never tried, but the Boy is Polish, so I might have a fighting chance of guessing correctly)
[x] Jason Varitek is a great Captain
[-] I have Bronson Arroyo's CD (I'd really like to preview it first....)
[-] I hate the Devil Rays even if they are not competion (nah. why bother.)
[x] Some part of my e-mail/livejournal/profile has something to do with the Red Sox (default icon currently, and I'm sure I'd use a Sox mood theme if I found one)
[x] I cried when the Red Sox won the World Series
[-] I went to the World Series parade
[x] The World Series Trophy came to my town/school (eh, the closest city, close enough?)
[x] I would root for the NL team in the World Series if the Yankees were playing
[-] I hate bandwagon fans (nah, it's a waste of time)
[-] I admit to being a bandwagon fan
[-] I live/breath/sleep/eat Red Sox (not quite, too many other obsessions fighting for time)
[-] I watch all 162 games no matter what (I watch as many as I can, but I don't plan my life around it)
[-] I have a lucky spot to watch the game from in my house
[-] If the Red Sox lost I blame it on myself because I didn't fall the routine (dude, it's not like I do the Nomar-rena)
[x] I never lost the faith during the playoffs
[-] "Boston Your My Home" has a meaning to you
[-] I've met a Red Sox player
[-] I go to spring training
[x] Kevin Youkilis is a good player
[?] I'm glad we have Manny (off and on, I just wish he was more consistent)
[-] My favorite player is David Ortiz
[-] Pedro Who? (he was good to us while he was here for the most part, and I wish him well in the rest of his career)
[x] I have eaten/bought Red Sox ice cream from Hood (green monster mint was pretty good)
[x] I read Faithful (a friend has it, I might borrow it)
[-] I am a citizen of Red Sox Nation
[-] I've watched a game from the Green Monster
[x] I watched Queer Eye for the Straight Guy when the Red Sox were on it.
[x] I get angry when the game is on Fox/ESPN because I hate the announcers (watched a couple games on WGN while I was out of town, they were just as bad)
[-] Hearing about Schilling's bloody sock more then once in the 2005 season annoys me
[-] I went to a World Series game
[-] I named a pet after a player on the Red Sox
[-] I hate Keith Foulke (hate is a strong word, but I definitely was not impressed with his performance this year)
[?] We need to get rid of Keith Foulke (I'll reserve judgement until after he comes back from his injury)
[-] I live in Massachusetts (Maine, used to be part of Mass, does that count?)
[x] I live in New England
[-] I get NESN even though I don't live in New England (N/A)
[-] Redsox.com is my home page
[x] I swear at my TV/throw things at my TV when the Red Sox make errors/lose
[-] I cut out pictures/articles about the Red Sox from a newspaper/magazine (no, but I read them religiously, I don't need that much paper floating around my apartment)
[-] My backround has to do with Red Sox
[-] I saw Fever Pitch
[x] Johnny Damon looks like Jesus (hippie Jesus)
[-] I have a Red Sox Monopoly (probably more because I'm not into Monopoly)
[-] I stay in on Friday/Saturday nights to watch the Red Sox games
[-] I tell my friends I can't go out with them because I'm watching the Red Sox games
[-] I have a Boston accent
[x] I sometimes talk to the players on screen when they aren't doing what I want them to do
[x] I'm super glad we have Gabe Kapler back
[-] I think Nomar was on steroids and thats why his body sucks ass and keeps breaking
[x] We need better relief pitchers
[-] I have a Curt Schilling shirt
[-] I have a pink Red Sox article of clothing (god no)
[-] Trot Nixon is the only regular outfielder who can both hit and catch the ball well
[?] Manny and Ortiz are the best 3 and 4 hitters in the game today (I'm not knowledgeable enough about other teams' lineups to answer this)
[-] I get very annoyed with our base coaches (eh, they're just as human as everyone else)
[x] I get annoyed when Manny makes stupid mistakes in the outfield
[-] Ortiz has great defense (he's good, I don't recall ever seeing him screw up, but I've never seen him do anything spectacular defensively either)
[-] If I won the lottery, most of my money would go to buying Red Sox things
[-] I'm happy we won because I'm sick about hearing about the Patriots
[-] I memorize NESN commercials and get mad when they change them and I have to learn the new ones (you know, I liked the July one with Youk better than the August one with Wake)
[-] Johnny Damon needs a haircut
[-] I buy things from Dunkin Donuts because of the Johnny Damon commercials
[x] I remember where I was when the Red Sox finally won the World Series (hell, I even remember what chair I was sitting in and whose hand I was holding because we were both so tense)
[-] I like to watch Jason Varitek punch A-Rod over and over again (eh, I'm over it)
[-] Before Fenway Park, I know where the Red Sox used to play
[-] David Wells' shirt bothers me (no, but Manny's uniform does
[-] I can begin watching the Red Sox game at any point and can you tell who is up to bat/pitching without the name having to be at the bottom of the screen/on the back of their shirts (i.e. I can tell by their stance/pitching motions) (with some of them, not all)
[x] It makes me mad that Youkilis never plays (he's better than triple-A, but he's getting playing time down there...I just don't want to have to sacrifice Mueller to give Youk playing time b/c I like and respect them both as players)
[x] I wish there were more Millar, Varitek, Foulke, Mueller, Nixon, Youkilis, Arroyo, Clement shirts in the stores (had to edit the player names to get rid of one of them, but yeah)
[-] I yell at people when they pretend they understand what you're talking about when you're talking about baseball (nope, I just try to explain it)
[-] When people's favorite players are Ortiz or Manny I yell at them and tell them to branch out
[x] I have a World Series DVD (yes, and the revised edition of Still We Believe too)
[-] I've broken things when something bad has happened during the game
[-] I get mad when people don't pronounce our players' names correctly (nope, we just laugh at the Millar-Miller-Mueller thing mostly, everyone else seems pretty easy)
[-] Pedro annoyed the hell out of me (at times but not in general)
[-] I'm glad Pedro is gone
[-] I'm glad Derek Lowe left
[-] NESN commercials get stuck in my head
[x] My friends are as crazy as I am when it comes to the Red Sox
[-] One of my friends is a Yankees fan (or at least they don't dare to admit it to me if they are)
[x] I love Bronson Arroyo's high leg kick (I mean, the guy's 6'5", where else is his leg gonna go?)
[-] I've bought newspapers/magazines just because there was something Red Sox in it/on it (does the yearbook count? :))
[x] Don and Jerry crack me up
[-] I miss Alan Embree
[-] I'm glad Alan Embree went to the Yankees because now we can beat them MORE! (We did fine against them before he went...so *shrug*)
[-] I hate watching Tim Wakefield pitch
[-] My favorite baseball player is on the Red Sox (I'm fickle and don't really have a single favorite)
[x] If my favorite baseball player left the Red Sox I would still follow him as well as the Red Sox
[x] I know why John Olerud wears a helmet in the field as well as at bat
[-] I love Jason Varitek's thighs (Mirabelli's are better)
[-] I have a life size standee of a Red Sox Player
[-] I wish they traded Manny
[-] I find it odd that atleast three of our former players went to the Mets
[-] I don't follow trades in the offseason
[x] I go through Red Sox denial in the offseason (I assume this question meant withdrawal?)
[?] If it is an off day for the Red Sox, I'll watch other baseball games if they are on (depends on who's playing)
[-] I have Red Sox posters
[-] Most of my room/dorm room has to do with Red Sox
[-] My favorite player on the Red Sox is Matt Clement
[-] I cried when Matt Clement got hurt (I was way too in shock)
[-] I love Alex Cora (sorry, way more impressed with Graff)
[-] Adam Stern should play more
[x] I knew Manny wasn't going to be traded because he does this every year