Boston Red Sox

jervin007

I am a partial season ticket holder for the sox and have seen close to 200 games at Fenway in my life. My seats are in the bleachers and I can honestly say that I have never heard anyone scream out the n-word. The worst I ever see/hear is profanity or the occasional brawl. I also lived in Boston for a while and the city really doesn't deserve the "racism" brand that is still stamped on it.

All cities have idiots though and Boston is no exception. However, these people don't represent the city, or the greater Boston area, as a whole.

Now back to kicking the Padres ass!

FenwayFaithful

jervin007 wrote:

I am a partial season ticket holder for the sox and have seen close to 200 games at Fenway in my life. My seats are in the bleachers and I can honestly say that I have never heard anyone scream out the n-word. The worst I ever see/hear is profanity or the occasional brawl. I also lived in Boston for a while and the city really doesn't deserve the "racism" brand that is still stamped on it.

All cities have idiots though and Boston is no exception. However, these people don't represent the city, or the greater Boston area, as a whole.

Now back to kicking the Padres ass!

Yes. Well said.

RW just likes stirring up shit because he's jealous

The Juggler

RW81233

Juggler i went anti-al sharpton and didn't yell at anyone. i think he would have probably started a demonstration there or something. either way this whole thing came about because two people dropped N-bombs at Fenway Park on Sunday, and I basically said way to live up to your image boston or something to that effect. Jimed you are correct. I've been to like 40 games at Fenway since 2002 and have gone to games where relatively little happens outside of people getting drunk and fighting, and I've seen other games where groups of fans act like assholes (racism toward Asians was more evident in '07 when Matsuzaka signed). One of the most ridiculous times was at the home opener in '07 when this white guy was dressed in a Kimono outside the Cask 'N Flagon and went up to an Asian television crew bent over and kept saying "herro, herro" while all the smokers and people waiting outside died laughing. When I did my research and went to sports bars the same things happened. Many people were nice others were not. Part of the legacy of the Sox is that even if they change their personnel there is a large quantity of people who identified with that team when it was white, and it takes a long time to change that. I have called Boston racist in the past, and it still has issues, but I also said within this thread that many people hate it (like Jimed for one) - it just sucks that there's still a decent amount of people who think its ok to say that shit. That's different that arguing race has an impact in the way the media framed and people received LeBron and Vick in the past year (which is an arguable point).

Also, that comment was secondary to the fact that I said the Sox are playing ridiculous ball right now, and that I had never seen a team hit the ball so hard even on tough pitches. The Brewers announcers are still talking about the play Pedroia made in game one, and there were others that were pretty good as well throughout this past month. As my wife's cousin (a huge Sox fan) said at the game the Sox are going so good the two three word headlines that keep him up at night are "Random Drug Test", and "Hidden Camera Found". I'm not jealous of Boston or New England, I married into it for gods sakes. Being salty after watching the Brewers get smoked would be closer to the truth.

FenwayFaithful

"Can't we all just get along?" -- Rodney King

The Juggler

FenwayFaithful wrote:

"Can't we all just get along?" -- Rodney King

thanks citing that. i don't think anyone had any idea where that quote originated from.

FenwayFaithful

The Juggler wrote:

FenwayFaithful wrote:

"Can't we all just get along?" -- Rodney King

thanks citing that. i don't think anyone had any idea where that quote originated from.

Gotta cite those sources. This is what I'm taught.

In other news, here's a picture of squirrels playing poker

jimed14

Those squirrels are of a dark complexion ... and you're portrayal of them in a run down shanty and gamlbing is quite the sterotyping! I am offended!


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In other news, Josh Beckett has a bad case of the runs ...



BOSTON -- The invaluable Alfredo Aceves will again resurface in a starting role on Tuesday night, as ace Josh Beckett has been pushed back to a date to be announced because of illness.

What is Beckett dealing with?

"I fall back on intestinal turmoil," said manager Terry Francona said after the Red Sox's 14-5 win over the Padres. "To be honest with you, he hasn't felt good the last couple of days. He was going to go home and see if he felt better. The more we were thinking about it, before he got out of here, we said, 'You know what? This is silly. If you're that sick, you're kind of worried about pitching tomorrow.' I'm not sure how good he'd feel anyway. So we stayed away from Aceves [on Monday]."

gregkitefan

Willy Mo Pena just hit a home run for Arizona.
First game in the majors since 2008.

FenwayFaithful

Despite the fact that we lost tonight, I was thoroughly entertained with tonight's game. From Ortiz' first steal in three years (of which Orsillo and Remy poked fun at him, saying he stops for lunch in between first and second) to Tito referring to Josh Beckett getting a bad case of the shits as "old-fashioned sick" (looking comical as ever), it was fun. Hey, they can't win em all. Also, loved the stat of Bob Stanley appearing in 673 games in a Red Sox uniform. Wakefield is nearly 100 behind. Bob Stanley, the Steamer. He looked great tonight helping to honor Pap's 200th save.

FenwayFaithful

Looks like Beckett's got a little more than just "the shits". Hope he's ok.

81

i heard PJ is playing Fenway.....any truth to that rumor. :P

RW81233

Only if Theo trades for Bronson Arroyo and allows him to be the opener. It is absolutely absurd to me that Arroyo is where he is because Theo heard him play Black in Spring Training or something.

force-10

damn. take becket and clay out of the rotation and a 1-2 losing series against the padres is what you get. I know clay was supposed to pitch the game they won, but still. I think the red sox season depends on him, along with becket and lester. One of them on DL and we´re up for some deep shit. Wakefield might turn out the hero of the season for the sox. I hope so.

Miller showed great concentration, up until the homer, of course. So, I think the team is on shaky territory from now on. I am beginning to fear a sweep at philadelphia. Hope I´m wrong!

force-10

This loss against the pirates was unexpected.

Becket will pitch against the phillies. Great news! edit: holy shit! against cliff lee!

FenwayFaithful

Just a crap showing by the offense tonight. Lester wasn't sharp at all.

But that stadium is really cool and I do enjoy interleague play.

Johnny Abruzzo

force-10 wrote:

damn. take becket and clay out of the rotation and a 1-2 losing series against the padres is what you get. I know clay was supposed to pitch the game they won, but still. I think the red sox season depends on him, along with becket and lester. One of them on DL and we´re up for some deep shit. Wakefield might turn out the hero of the season for the sox. I hope so.

Miller showed great concentration, up until the homer, of course. So, I think the team is on shaky territory from now on. I am beginning to fear a sweep at philadelphia. Hope I´m wrong!

You guys always take 2 of 3 in our ballpark.

Beckett vs Lee is pretty exciting. I'm going to the Lester v Worley game.

Buccos are tough this year...

RW81233

can't even beat the Pirates without the DH...let's go rehd saawx. Stupid interleague.

RW81233

i kid apparently randy wolf is my only hope.

snow_board_rider

Suck!!!