I went to Turner Field this past Sunday to see your hometown Boston Red Sox take on the visiting no-name Atlanta Braves. It was almost comical how saturated the crowd was with cliche Boston t-shirts and hats. Paired with this apparel was, of course, annoying accents, faded jean shorts, flat brimmed off-kilter hats, white k-swiss sneakers, and axe body spray. Now, I'm no geography professor or even one of the Hardy Boys, but I'm pretty sure a good percentage of these Sohx fans are just lame posers. Boston is a big city, but its not as big as say an Atlanta. Yeah, the Red Sox have been around a while, but none of these trend jockeys were alive before the Braves existed. Hell, the Braves even played in Boston for a time (1870-1953), so why all the Red Sox love?
I don't really want to get into the details of why young people today are brainwashed and stupid. But where is the hometown loyalty? Srsly.
Next topic; David Ortiz is a dork. All Boston fans, or bandwagoners, love this guy. It's obvious why the love him, he helped to complete the biggest comeback in MLB playoff history over the Yankees. Other than that, he had a few good seasons where he hit a bunch of homeruns and doubles. Off the field, Ortiz has a very friendly, happy go lucky attitude which everybody loves. It's the Boston fan's rose colored glasses that prevent them from seeing what is really going on with Senor Ortiz. These are the same fans that love JD Drew because he hit one homerun in the playoffs. But back to Ortiz. When did Ortiz have his best seasons? Answer: 2003 to 2007. This was the same time when Manny was crushing the ball in Boston. You know, the Manny that got busted for PEDs a couple months ago. Now do you think its just a coincidence that when Ortiz got to Boston, he had his first 30 HR season? Boston fans will tell you that Ortiz's secret handshake with Manny was what gave him the power to hit all of those HRs. Pretty awesome handshake there. Now that Manny is gone, so is Ortiz's slugging percentage. Big Papi has now turned into Medium Papi, or Slightly Husky Papi.
It kind of sucks for Ortiz because his decline in production with the enforcement of baseball's drug policy came after people like Bonds, Clemmens, Palmeiro, and Sosa were all outed. If he were the first guy to get caught with steroids it would have put a much better face on the steroids era. I mean, everybody loves Papi, and everybody loved when the juicers were crushing the ball. The Steroids Era just needed a lovable, snugly face associated with it. Too bad Papi was a couple years late. :(
Monday, June 29, 2009
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