Here is an article from this past week... Please forgive the cut and paste, but it was worth the read... Pay particular attention to the "gag reflex" reference at the end... It's annoying, and yet funny, because it's true! I love propaganda...
BOSTON -- If you think Boston sports fans have been insufferable in the past, just wait.
"Even black people love the Red Sox now, bro'," yelled a drunken Red Sox fan following Boston's Game 7 ALCS victory as I waited for a cab.
Ah, whatever "bro."
"And playa-playa," the man continued, "you look like Cris Collinsworth from HBO."
He was so wasted I believe he meant HBO's Cris Carter, the former Minnesota Viking. And I'm better looking than both. Bro'.
In one fell swoop, the city of Boston has become the center of the sports universe, which means Boston sports fans have a lot to cheer about. And trust me. They will. In your face.
And Yankees fans weep.
Boston fans were once to be pitied. The Red Sox and New England Patriots, not too long ago, were laughing stocks. Now the sports world has been tossed into a state of disequilibrium as Boston sports teams are kicking everyone's ass.
It will be interesting to see how Boston sports fans -- sometimes elegant, sometimes thuggish, occasionally baleful and always loyal -- handle this stunning renaissance. A renaissance we have not seen in years in any other city, if ever.
How will Red Sox fans handle being the front-runner instead of road kill? How will they handle causing the fans of other teams to weep instead of weeping themselves?
There are potentially two dynasties in this city. The Patriots already are and the Red Sox could become the next. Now, Red Sox fans and their team will be highly scrutinized targets the way the Yankees and their fans have been. Will they react to the scrutiny and become as arrogant and mean spirited as Florida Gator fans or as psycho as Dallas Cowboys fans or as paranoid as Cleveland fans? Or will they handle their newfound success with class?
When I covered the Patriots for the Boston Globe, fans would throw batteries packed in snow and ice at anything on the field that moved -- opposing players, Patriots players, the media, visiting heads of state, the Pope. Anyone. Now, they're throwing rose petals. They aren't hurling epithets and slurs as much as they once did; they're embracing the good fortune.
Look at what's happening in Boston. The Red Sox might be World Series champions for the second time in four years (actually they will be; Colorado is totally overmatched). The shock-and-awe Patriots have won three Super Bowls and currently look unbeatable while Boston College could be the best football team in the nation.
Not to mention the Boston Bruins are off to a solid start and the Celtics this offseason added Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, instantly transforming that franchise from moribund to studly.
"It's great to be the city of champions and have so many good sports teams," Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino told the New York Times. "The spirit of the city, people feel good about the city."
Thanks for that enlightening quote, your honor.
See, that's why Boston fans are impossible to take. What does "the spirit of the city" mean exactly? Who talks that way?
It's going to get bad. They are going to talk, talk, talk these Boston fans. They'll be jabbing fingers in your face, lighting up message boards, peeing on people's lawns and crank calling Jets fans.
We're going to see pictures of some drunken Kennedy cousin at Fenway Park and shots of faux celebrities swapping kisses. We're going to hear chants of "Let's go Red Sox" everywhere -- in restaurants, in public bathrooms, in our dreams.
We're going to see local television journalists yell "Go Sox!" during their broadcasts as some did during the ALCS against Cleveland.
And perhaps worst of all, we're going to see and hear from Ben Affleck.
It's going to get really, really bad.
Millions of people may have to cover their ears and eyes as Boston dominates American sports in the coming days.
Just prepare yourself, non-Boston sports fans, for your gag reflex to be regularly engaged.
Be prepared ... bro'.
"Even black people love the Red Sox now, bro'," yelled a drunken Red Sox fan following Boston's Game 7 ALCS victory as I waited for a cab.
Ah, whatever "bro."
"And playa-playa," the man continued, "you look like Cris Collinsworth from HBO."
He was so wasted I believe he meant HBO's Cris Carter, the former Minnesota Viking. And I'm better looking than both. Bro'.
In one fell swoop, the city of Boston has become the center of the sports universe, which means Boston sports fans have a lot to cheer about. And trust me. They will. In your face.
And Yankees fans weep.
Boston fans were once to be pitied. The Red Sox and New England Patriots, not too long ago, were laughing stocks. Now the sports world has been tossed into a state of disequilibrium as Boston sports teams are kicking everyone's ass.
It will be interesting to see how Boston sports fans -- sometimes elegant, sometimes thuggish, occasionally baleful and always loyal -- handle this stunning renaissance. A renaissance we have not seen in years in any other city, if ever.
How will Red Sox fans handle being the front-runner instead of road kill? How will they handle causing the fans of other teams to weep instead of weeping themselves?
There are potentially two dynasties in this city. The Patriots already are and the Red Sox could become the next. Now, Red Sox fans and their team will be highly scrutinized targets the way the Yankees and their fans have been. Will they react to the scrutiny and become as arrogant and mean spirited as Florida Gator fans or as psycho as Dallas Cowboys fans or as paranoid as Cleveland fans? Or will they handle their newfound success with class?
When I covered the Patriots for the Boston Globe, fans would throw batteries packed in snow and ice at anything on the field that moved -- opposing players, Patriots players, the media, visiting heads of state, the Pope. Anyone. Now, they're throwing rose petals. They aren't hurling epithets and slurs as much as they once did; they're embracing the good fortune.
Look at what's happening in Boston. The Red Sox might be World Series champions for the second time in four years (actually they will be; Colorado is totally overmatched). The shock-and-awe Patriots have won three Super Bowls and currently look unbeatable while Boston College could be the best football team in the nation.
Not to mention the Boston Bruins are off to a solid start and the Celtics this offseason added Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, instantly transforming that franchise from moribund to studly.
"It's great to be the city of champions and have so many good sports teams," Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino told the New York Times. "The spirit of the city, people feel good about the city."
Thanks for that enlightening quote, your honor.
See, that's why Boston fans are impossible to take. What does "the spirit of the city" mean exactly? Who talks that way?
It's going to get bad. They are going to talk, talk, talk these Boston fans. They'll be jabbing fingers in your face, lighting up message boards, peeing on people's lawns and crank calling Jets fans.
We're going to see pictures of some drunken Kennedy cousin at Fenway Park and shots of faux celebrities swapping kisses. We're going to hear chants of "Let's go Red Sox" everywhere -- in restaurants, in public bathrooms, in our dreams.
We're going to see local television journalists yell "Go Sox!" during their broadcasts as some did during the ALCS against Cleveland.
And perhaps worst of all, we're going to see and hear from Ben Affleck.
It's going to get really, really bad.
Millions of people may have to cover their ears and eyes as Boston dominates American sports in the coming days.
Just prepare yourself, non-Boston sports fans, for your gag reflex to be regularly engaged.
Be prepared ... bro'.
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