patzchick
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.The Rays won and are to be congratulated. Injuries hurt the Sox but that's the nature of the game. I do think there is cause to wonder about the health of Ortiz. Possibly he's hurt but he doesn't seem able to catch up with a good fastball. Ellsbury, will he ever be a major league hitter? Can Delcarmen learn to throw strikes? The automatic outs in the 7, 8, 9 position in the batting order are cause for alarm. You can't have a successful playoff tyeam with 3 black holes in the batting order. Is Jason Veritek done as a starting catcher? He can't hit or throw anybody out. What good is a catcher who can't hit or throw? The Sox missed Mike Lowell's bat. Is his injury a chronic problem and can he return to the clutch hitter/fielder he was last year?
It was sad to see the Sox go down but the better team did win. I hate to see and say it but congrats to the Rays. We were just not on our game the whole time.
How's that going to happen when Tampa sweeps them?
Where is that going to happen on some alternative history Earth? I love it when big mouths are proved wrong.
Kind of like your predictions about the Bills, huh? :singing:
Where is that going to happen on some alternative history Earth? I love it when big mouths are proved wrong.
When did I become a big mouth? The Rays barely lost game one using thier worst starter. The Phils have 45 year old Moyer starting game 3 against Garza.
Do the Phils look that good to you?
You claimed the Rays were going to sweep and attacked my post, you were wrong and that makes you a big mouth.
lmao. like i said f-ck the rays and there pathetic fan base."As far as beating the Phils, the Rays pitched their weakest starter and barely got beat. So, they will win in five."
And long suffering Doofin Ray fans across the country will rejoice, dancing in the streets of Tampa, that victory parade is going to be awesome, might fly down there myself just to see it.
Those loyal fans of Tampa really do deserve a champion, especially the way they've stuck with the Doofin Rays through thick and thin, yes sir, what a loyal, non bandwagon group they are.
Their fanbase is annoying? Why, because they didn't lay down and kiss our butts? Come on BM, given the way Sox fans as a whole have given them zero respect, how do you expect them to act towards us? They outplayed us, they beat us; hats off to them. I swear, some Sox fans act exactly the same way as what we despised for so long: Yankee fans.
You have no idea what Florid pro-sports "fans" are like. Seriously, they coined the word front runner.
In your original post, your whole premise was comparing Sox fans to Ray fans. Gee, kind of like comparing George Washington to George Bush. What did you expect from an expansion franchise who never came close to winning. Last year they won 66 games and finished 30 games out. I don't know if they will stay in St. Pete, but don't compare the fans to an organization in which has been around since the early 1900's.
As far as beating the Phils, the Rays pitched their weakest starter and barely got beat. So, they will win in five.
Given the fact the Red Sox have been highly competitive for 40 years and have existed for a century, it's like comparing apple and oranges trying to compare the Sox and Rays fanbases; it's meaningless. Personally, I don't like throwing the whole history rationale at them because to me it makes us sound too eerily similar to Yankee fans. But the fact that they voiced their displeasure with a bad team and bad owner by staying away in Tampa makes them no different than the pre-Kraft era Patriots fans or the Celtic fans from two years ago, or 98% of any other fans anywhere. While you call that being a frontrunner, some would say that's telling ownership they need to improve. In my opinion if the Sox had ten straight years like Tampa had, Fenway would have been just as empty.You have no idea what Florid pro-sports "fans" are like. Seriously, they coined the word front runner.