Yet Another Red Sox rant
This was in response to a ridiculous article I read on SI.com. The link is here.
Where do I begin? First of all, get the facts straight. It seems clear that you've done no research whatsoever, and have simply relied on perpetuating stereotypes to write this article. After all, Babe Ruth was traded in 1920--two years after the Sox won their last World Series. But it's a lot more convenient to say it was 1918, isn't it?
Let me provide you with a little taste of reality. This "woe-is-me" New Englander idea is a complete myth. You so much as acknowledge this in your discussion of the Pats' run. We're predominantly the same group of fans, after all. But no, the media has decided that Red Sox Nation is woebegone, with Ben Affleck as our annointed spokesman, and there isn't a thing those of us living in the real world can do about it.
Not every New Englander believes in that silly curse, as you seem to believe. I think you'll find that as a whole, New York fans have been much more fixated on it, if only as a means of harassing their Boston counterparts. To that extent, "Reverse the Curse" is more a rally cry--like Rally Monkeys, Homer Hankies, and Terrible Towels--than a substantive desire to overturn an actual curse. Clearly you must be capable of understanding that.
Furthermore, to say that Red Sox fans have an inferiority complex is similarly inaccurate. It implies that we would actually get pleasure from losing to the Yankees. Far from it. For generations, Yankees fans have waved their pennants in our faces and laughed at our failures. I think Curt Schilling put it best when he voiced his desire to go out onto the mound and make 55,000 New Yorkers shut up. All we ever wanted is equal footing, to render that obnoxious "1918" chant powerless. And whether we win a world championship this year or no, the way in which the Red Sox defeated New York this year--the greatest comeback in the history of baseball--has done that. The spectre of Yankee arrogance has been rendered toothless and meek, and Red Sox Nation is looking forward to sitting back, flipping on the tube, and watching a great World Series.
Who knows? Maybe a win for the Sox will silence lazy columnists with no original ideas of their own. But gosh, maybe then you'd have to write about the actual game and not the media-created fantasy surrounding it.
God that article pissed me off.
Where do I begin? First of all, get the facts straight. It seems clear that you've done no research whatsoever, and have simply relied on perpetuating stereotypes to write this article. After all, Babe Ruth was traded in 1920--two years after the Sox won their last World Series. But it's a lot more convenient to say it was 1918, isn't it?
Let me provide you with a little taste of reality. This "woe-is-me" New Englander idea is a complete myth. You so much as acknowledge this in your discussion of the Pats' run. We're predominantly the same group of fans, after all. But no, the media has decided that Red Sox Nation is woebegone, with Ben Affleck as our annointed spokesman, and there isn't a thing those of us living in the real world can do about it.
Not every New Englander believes in that silly curse, as you seem to believe. I think you'll find that as a whole, New York fans have been much more fixated on it, if only as a means of harassing their Boston counterparts. To that extent, "Reverse the Curse" is more a rally cry--like Rally Monkeys, Homer Hankies, and Terrible Towels--than a substantive desire to overturn an actual curse. Clearly you must be capable of understanding that.
Furthermore, to say that Red Sox fans have an inferiority complex is similarly inaccurate. It implies that we would actually get pleasure from losing to the Yankees. Far from it. For generations, Yankees fans have waved their pennants in our faces and laughed at our failures. I think Curt Schilling put it best when he voiced his desire to go out onto the mound and make 55,000 New Yorkers shut up. All we ever wanted is equal footing, to render that obnoxious "1918" chant powerless. And whether we win a world championship this year or no, the way in which the Red Sox defeated New York this year--the greatest comeback in the history of baseball--has done that. The spectre of Yankee arrogance has been rendered toothless and meek, and Red Sox Nation is looking forward to sitting back, flipping on the tube, and watching a great World Series.
Who knows? Maybe a win for the Sox will silence lazy columnists with no original ideas of their own. But gosh, maybe then you'd have to write about the actual game and not the media-created fantasy surrounding it.
God that article pissed me off.
posted by mike at 2:11 PM
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