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Red Sox haters.

Yeah, before then, they had a REAL HARD TIME packing Fenway....:rollno:

again, its the people outside of boston that irk me. theyre the cool team to like now, they were the lovable losers who couldnt get over the hump, they finally did, and they exploded.

and rest assured when the cubs finally win something, the exact same thing will happen with them, and itll be just as annoying.
 
Be thankful. If there weren't fans of other teams at the Nats games, there wouldn't be anyone there at all.

id have no problem watching the nats by myself with the 800 other fans in the stadium of the nats.

the nats have a very bright future with harper, strasburg, zimmerman x2, and some of our other kids. DC will show up when the wins show up, just how this town is with every sport sans the redskins.
 
How are you going to keep those kids if your team isn't generating any revenue?


we have a 4-6 year window before a lot of our youngsters could move on to other teams. weve already showed a willingness to spend big money (werth) and dole out big signing bonuses (stras/harper), and we locked up zim for 5 years already. by 2013 we should be starting to be a legit threat with a few more solid signings, and our youngsters growing up.

and the nats make money, theyre not dying like the pirates or devil rays. despite how much i hate philly fans showing up and making our home games THEIR home games, thats revenue for the team so its a good thing in that aspect.

but again, all its gonna take is some winning and the money will flow in there. in 05 when the team showed up and had one of the best records thru the all star break, the team was doing very well. DC is just fickle like that. i remember when caps tickets were given away for free at bars with pizza, now you cant get a ticket for under 150 bucks on the street.

winning cures all in this town.
 
youre in MA, its fine for you to like your hometown team. its the clowns outside of MA who are all bandwagoners. i cant go to a nats game down here in DC without seeing hoards of idiots with pink bo sox hats brah!

lame.


Pink hats are the worst. They were the ones freaking out when the sox started off so horribly. But the other thing to remember is that with five billion colleges in the Boston area they are going to have a more spread out fan base when they graduate and move away. And yes, wining helps. Right now, the Bruins are the cool team to like in New England.
 
Pink hats are the worst. They were the ones freaking out when the sox started off so horribly. But the other thing to remember is that with five billion colleges in the Boston area they are going to have a more spread out fan base when they graduate and move away. And yes, wining helps. Right now, the Bruins are the cool team to like in New England.

its just boston is a "hip" town to like and be a part of, so when their teams win, people love piling on. when i was in highschool in the late 90s, nobody cared about the new england patriots. i didnt see any drew bledsoe jerseys at school, i never heard anyone talking about how they grew up watching irving fryar and steve grogan, etc. then tom brady shows up, and everyone and their grandma (outside of MA) loooooves new england, and theres stickers on every car and jerseys and blah blah.

its just lame. the colts have been a juggernaut for a decade, and i rarely see anyone jocking that team in this area. because indianapolis is not "hip". lol
 
I'm not a Red Sox fan, but as a Padre fan I am following closely and love seeing Adrian Gonzales killing it.

Adrian is the bomb. :cool: I knew he could hit but I enjoy his work in the field too - he is very smooth around the bag.

However, Rizzo is raking at AAA and should be up with the big club soon. Casey Kelly was our top pitching prospect and he'll be able to help next year as a #2 or #3 starter. Even the 3rd guy in the deal - Reymond Fuentes is an athletic toolsy first round pick who may well make it as well.

If SD is lucky, the trade will work out as well for you as the the Beckett/Lowell trade worked for the Marlins - Hanley Ramirez and Anibel Sanchez. I hope so, it would only be fair.

I like how my Sox have weathered a brutal start. The AL East will be tough and even though the Yankees are old and the Rays are young, both are going to be there in September. And Toronto and Baltimore are much improved.

Beebassdude-
I hope that baseball catches on in DC, but the only way to not have Red Sox Nation take over is to buy the tix yourself - I suspect that most of those folks are originally from here or have travelled there for the game. Just ask your friends who watch games at Fenway South, err, I mean Oriole Park at Camdem Yard. :D

Given that there are people working in DC that came from all over the country, it probably has a higher % of fans pulling for the visitors than most other parks. I would look at the bright side and see it as revenue that will allow you to keep up with the Phillies and Mets payrolls.
 
Adrian is the bomb. :cool: I knew he could hit but I enjoy his work in the field too - he is very smooth around the bag.

However, Rizzo is raking at AAA and should be up with the big club soon. Casey Kelly was our top pitching prospect and he'll be able to help next year as a #2 or #3 starter. Even the 3rd guy in the deal - Reymond Fuentes is an athletic toolsy first round pick who may well make it as well.

If SD is lucky, the trade will work out as well for you as the the Beckett/Lowell trade worked for the Marlins - Hanley Ramirez and Anibel Sanchez. I hope so, it would only be fair.

I like how my Sox have weathered a brutal start. The AL East will be tough and even though the Yankees are old and the Rays are young, both are going to be there in September. And Toronto and Baltimore are much improved.

Beebassdude-
I hope that baseball catches on in DC, but the only way to not have Red Sox Nation take over is to buy the tix yourself - I suspect that most of those folks are originally from here or have travelled there for the game. Just ask your friends who watch games at Fenway South, err, I mean Oriole Park at Camdem Yard. :D

Given that there are people working in DC that came from all over the country, it probably has a higher % of fans pulling for the visitors than most other parks. I would look at the bright side and see it as revenue that will allow you to keep up with the Phillies and Mets payrolls.
He is a Gold Glove first baseman and if he keeps up the pace he's on and the Red Sox win the AL East, he'll probably end up the AL MVP.

I'm not getting to watch a ton of games, but it seems like he's still working out his swing- I expect him to be peppering the monster in left with increasing frequency as the season progresses. Petco is an absolute dead zone and he drove the ball deep to left there with regularity.
 
D'aww thanks man!

Glad you fixed it! errr.... So let me get this straight... Red Sox just lost 3 in a row? Hmmm.. yeah hating is overrated :eek:.. At least my Pads won 4 in a row.... Look out, .500 baseball here we come!!

yeah, its the padres. i'll settle for an 81-81 season.
 
2011 MLB Regular Season Standings - Major League Baseball - ESPN

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Glad you fixed it! errr.... So let me get this straight... Red Sox just lost 3 in a row? Hmmm.. yeah hating is overrated :eek:.. At least my Pads won 4 in a row.... Look out, .500 baseball here we come!!

yeah, its the padres. i'll settle for an 81-81 season.

If our Pads could hit .230 as a team, we'd probably be leading the West right now. :rollno: Good to see some life from Denorfia and Ludwick though....
 

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