It seems to happened once every year. No I'm not talking about doing your taxes or pesky June bugs (Although it's just as annoying), I'm talking about the herds of so-called baseball fans who jump on the Red Sox bandwagon every time they make the playoffs.
With the World Series set to begin this evening, this years team is no exception. People come out of no where and declare their love for a team who they probably can't even name five players. Where are these fans during the regular season, and why does it seem like the Red Sox attract more bandwagon jumpers than any other team in sports?
It probably dates back to a few years ago, when the Sox had their improbable World Series run, and came back from an 0-3 deficit to beat the evil Yankees. Back then it was the fashionable thing to cheer for the Sox to break the curse, just like it would be alright to cheer for the Cubs if they're ever able to have some playoff success. But come on now, the Sox got their ring, and come playoff time they're still every one's new favorite team. Give me a break. I never thought I could dislike any team as much the Yankees, but I think I do now. Actually sorry, I hate the Toronto Maple Leafs more but that's a story for another day.
And speaking of the Yankees, they're probably the main reason most people choose to cheer for the Red Sox. It's well publicized that the Yankees spend a hundred gazillion dollars each year on their roster, and that's one of the reasons people hate them so much. But people seem to forget, that the Red Sox only spend a few pennies less than the Yanks each season to have one of the most outlandish team salaries in sports history. But I guess that's ok, right Red Sox fans?
If there's one thing that bugs me as much as a Sox bandwagon jumper, it's a Red Sox fan who has an excuse for everything. One of my favorite sports stories from the summer is when 'The Golden Boy of Boston' Tom Brady was spotted wearing a Yankees ball cap, and Red Sox fans say he was simply wearing it as a disguise not to be recognized in public. Wow.
Are the Red Sox a good team? Nope, they're a great team. It's just flat out annoying that so many people who know nothing about baseball decide to cheer for them and rub it in when they win. So many Red Sox haters would love to see the Rockies sweep the Sox and shut up the bandwagon jumpers. But not me. I'd love to see the Rockies blowout the Sox 10-0 in game seven at Fenway Park. I bet the wagon would be pretty empty after that.
-Joe Osborne
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Bandwagon Boneheads
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Awesome. Red Sox Nation is so bloody big, and has such a massive following here in the Maritimes it's nauseating. I do have respect for the team (and the Yanks) but I also despise them both and would love to see Colorado just pwn them in the Series....I always cheer for the NL team anyway (unless the Jays make it...hey I can dream...)but when Boston or the Yankees are the AL rep it's the biggest kind of given :@
Anonymous is KB sir, hahaha. I don't have a blogger account...
I started to like the Sox when Canseco went there, the stuck with them after he left... I think I made the right choice
Why do people think Theo is so great? If you give me a $140 million payroll to play with and I'd be able to put a championship team on the field too.
Red Sox and Yankees are both gaylord teams.
It is true, they seem to have alot of fans this time of year, but that's how casual fans get excited for the playoffs. It gives them an actual reason to watch. If someone is neutral, they have no reason to watch or get excited. Cheering for a specific team makes watching the playoffs more fun.
Anonymous because no account here.
My name is fred, I am french and living in Paris.
So right what you said.
Here is France, baseball is only Yankees or no, Yankees are baseball because baseball does not exit here!
But sometimes, like in 2004, Red Sox are emerging, a litte bit.And people are buying Red Sox stuff because they won but they know absolutely nothing about them, about Bip Papy, about the Green Monster, about the Curse, well, nothing at all!!!!
I was a true fan since many years, and I am sure they will take the ring this year.
By the way:
What is more stupid than a french?
A french with a Yankee Cap...
So go Sox!!!!
Joe, you live in Halifax and have no doubt jumped on an NHL team's bandwagon. Who is it? huh?
So use your head before you put a plug for your own blog describing exactly what type of sports fan you are.
The bandwagonners don't bother me nor the large majority of Sox fans. We don't feel a need to have ourselves appear to be better fans than others. Sox Nation is a religion and people convert every day. Strength is in numbers so we welcome everybody. So stop blogging about meaningless crap and take that fisherman job you uncle offered you.
Red Sox Nation is a joke? When did this 'religion start'? Probably after they won the Series a few years back.
Once the team begins to fall off in a few years, Boston fans everywhere will be looking to convert. Just like Bruins fans, and Celtics fans.
Uh back in the early 1900s you moron.
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