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Who says the Sox aren't the most popular?

rearviewmirorrearviewmiror Posts: 894
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1078472&format=&page=2&listingType=sox#articleFull

100,000 tickets sold already!
9/7/98, 8/3/00, 9/4/00, 4/15/03, 7/1/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 6/17/08, 6/22/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 5/17/10, 10/15/13, 10/16/13.
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  • Flannel ShirtFlannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    Damn, thats impressive.

    As much as I hate the term, Red Sox Nation is alive and strong.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,575
    it is very impressive but when your the only team in town just saying ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • rearviewmirorrearviewmiror Posts: 894
    They are the only team in Boston playing a game in Cali vs. a team who isnt the only team in town.

    over 100,000! I cant get my head around that.
    9/7/98, 8/3/00, 9/4/00, 4/15/03, 7/1/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 6/17/08, 6/22/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 5/17/10, 10/15/13, 10/16/13.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    haha......good lord.....if you honestly believe this game is sold out because of the sox, then it's true.....redsox fans are truly out of their minds....:rolleyes: :)
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    josevolution wrote:
    it is very impressive but when your the only team in town just saying ....

    True, but this will be the highest attended game in major league history breaking the record of 93,103 set on May 7, 1959 for a Dodgers Yankees exhibition game honoring Roy Campanella.

    The dimensions for this game are going to be crazy:

    The field likely will have the smallest dimensions for a game involving major league teams, with 192 feet to left field, 256 to the left field power alley, 200 to right field, 374 feet to center field and 352 feet to the right field power alley.

    Net proceeds from the game will benefit the Dodgers' recently formed cancer-fighting charity, ThinkCure.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    cutback wrote:
    haha......good lord.....if you honestly believe this game is sold out because of the sox, then it's true.....redsox fans are truly out of their minds....:rolleyes: :)
    pfff ahah jEALOUS ! :D
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,515
    In addition to the Sox being a big draw, the game is the first one to be played at the Coliseum since the early 1960s, and, many of the tickets were only $3, so, it's not just the Sox!
  • frank coztansafrank coztansa Posts: 196
    who gives a shit?
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  • NOCODE#1NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    josevolution wrote:
    it is very impressive but when your the only team in town just saying ....

    wait are we counting the mets?



    putting the oke in choke?
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    wait are we counting the mets?



    putting the oke in choke?
    Choke! the official soft drink of New York Baseaball teams!
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,946
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    Choke! the official soft drink of New York Baseaball teams!

    Says the Boston Red Sox fan who went through what, 86 years of choking?

    Boston fans are brutal. They ditched the team in the 70's and 80's, and now think they are the greatest fan base around. "Nation" is a myth, and propaganda. Much like Dave Matthews was huge with fraternity folk, following the Red Sox became the "cool" thing to do.
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Says the Boston Red Sox fan who went through what, 86 years of choking?

    Boston fans are brutal. They ditched the team in the 70's and 80's, and now think they are the greatest fan base around. "Nation" is a myth, and propaganda. Much like Dave Matthews was huge with fraternity folk, following the Red Sox became the "cool" thing to do.
    Kind of like Cub fans. :p We all know there's only one real "Sox" team. :D
  • BUFFALOBUFFALO Posts: 760
    the Yankees are the biggest name in baseball...

    that's just how it is... the sox are right there behind them though .

    their popularity has dwindled a bit to since there not the lovable losers anymore...
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  • inmyrvminmyrvm Posts: 933
    the yankees and sox are both regional teams. travel and see how many people actually give a shit and don't hate them. both teams have the most annoying fans on the planet. i can't wait to cheer against the yankees when the come to town!
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    BUFFALO wrote:
    the Yankees are the biggest name in baseball...

    that's just how it is... the sox are right there behind them though .

    their popularity has dwindled a bit to since there not the lovable losers anymore...
    haha OK buddy.... not in a million years. the yankees are most hated sports team rgiht now.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    BUFFALO wrote:
    the Yankees are the biggest name in baseball...

    that's just how it is... the sox are right there behind them though .

    their popularity has dwindled a bit to since there not the lovable losers anymore...
    Actually, Boston's pretty far back according to attendance records..

    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/attendance?sort=home_avg&year=2007&seasonType=2

    The Dodgers, The Mets, St. Louis, The Angels, The Cubs, San Francisco, Philly, Detroit, and even Houston had higher attendances than Boston last year.

    Even in '06 my White Sox had more people attending games than Boston.



    Boston has a big heart, but its not a very big city and definitely not a center of the baseball world.
  • BUFFALOBUFFALO Posts: 760
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    haha OK buddy.... not in a million years. the yankees are most hated sports team rgiht now.
    no it really means that more people are going to watch a baseball game more when the yanks are playn than any other team in the mlb... fact
    love or hate the evil empire ...they are the most popular ... sorry
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Actually, Boston's pretty far back according to attendance records..

    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/attendance?sort=home_avg&year=2007&seasonType=2

    The Dodgers, The Mets, St. Louis, The Angels, The Cubs, San Francisco, Philly, Detroit, and even Houston had higher attendances than Boston last year.

    Even in '06 my White Sox had more people attending games than Boston.



    Boston has a big heart, but its not a very big city and definitely not a center of the baseball world.
    maybe cause boston has the smallest stadium in baseball!!!!!!
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  • frank coztansafrank coztansa Posts: 196
    smallest, and shittiest. Why the Sawx and Cubs hold onto these old crumbling facilities instead of building new, modern stadiums with better amenities for fans and players is beyond me. Fenway and Wrigley may be historic, but they're both dumps. Turn them into museams and give these players a major league facility...not a crumbling, tiny mosoleum.
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    frank coztansa wrote:
    smallest, and shittiest. Why the Sawx and Cubs hold onto these old crumbling facilities instead of building new, modern stadiums with better amenities for fans and players is beyond me. Fenway and Wrigley may be historic, but they're both dumps. Turn them into museams and give these players a major league facility...not a crumbling, tiny mosoleum.
    how bout you talk to us when you actually know what your talking about.
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  • frank coztansafrank coztansa Posts: 196
    How about you take off your Boston Bean Colored glasses.
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  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,196
    frank coztansa wrote:
    smallest, and shittiest. Why the Sawx and Cubs hold onto these old crumbling facilities instead of building new, modern stadiums with better amenities for fans and players is beyond me. Fenway and Wrigley may be historic, but they're both dumps. Turn them into museams and give these players a major league facility...not a crumbling, tiny mosoleum.

    Well when the Cubs win a World Series maybe then they'll bitch for a new stadium. As for the Sox, I'd like to see a new stadium but it needs to be in the right spot with various tranportation options.

    If not leave Fenway right where it is and make improvements as the years go by.

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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/sports/baseball/11mets.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

    The Sox just travel well - even in Spring Training. ;)
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Solat13 wrote:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/sports/baseball/11mets.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

    The Sox just travel well - even in Spring Training. ;)

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  • Flannel ShirtFlannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    BUFFALO wrote:
    the Yankees are the biggest name in baseball...

    that's just how it is... the sox are right there behind them though .

    their popularity has dwindled a bit to since there not the lovable losers anymore...
    You from Mars?

    As a baseball team, the Red Sox are more popular than ever, more popular than the Yankees. The reason everyone wears Yankee gear is because their logo has an NY, they are representing the city, not because they are fans of the YANKEES. Two completely different things. Everyone wants to be associated with NY. Its just the way it is.

    People dont wear Sox gear to "represent" Boston, they wear it because they are sox fans.
    frank coztansa wrote:
    smallest, and shittiest. Why the Sawx and Cubs hold onto these old crumbling facilities instead of building new, modern stadiums with better amenities for fans and players is beyond me. Fenway and Wrigley may be historic, but they're both dumps. Turn them into museams and give these players a major league facility...not a crumbling, tiny mosoleum.
    what do you want in a stadium, a slidy shute and a pool? They are both fine the way they are. Other than more comfortable seats, they are fine. You should be at a game to watch the game, not gallavant around the concourse. all that bullshit, thats for "casual fans". i hate missing a pitch at a baseball game. i paid good money to see everything, not have a very clean papa ginos and a starbucks in the concourse.
    All that's sacred, comes from youth....dedications, naive and true.
  • NY PJ1NY PJ1 Posts: 9,533
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    You from Mars?

    As a baseball team, the Red Sox are more popular than ever, more popular than the Yankees. The reason everyone wears Yankee gear is because their logo has an NY, they are representing the city, not because they are fans of the YANKEES. Two completely different things. Everyone wants to be associated with NY. Its just the way it is.

    People dont wear Sox gear to "represent" Boston, they wear it because they are sox fans.


    NY IS THE PLACE TO BE ;)
  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Posts: 9,294
    and plus the red sox encompass virtually all of new england and that's six states and all over the country there are people from those states. i think the yankees popularity is more of a trendy thing for people to follow, especially with the names. when the yankees were winning four titles from 1996-2000, you could show up day of most games and get a seat but now that they have names like alex rodriguez, that won't happen unless you're willing to shell out money to the scalpers or stubhub etc
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  • BUFFALOBUFFALO Posts: 760
    Flannel Shirt wrote:
    You from Mars?

    As a baseball team, the Red Sox are more popular than ever, more popular than the Yankees. The reason everyone wears Yankee gear is because their logo has an NY, they are representing the city, not because they are fans of the YANKEES. Two completely different things. Everyone wants to be associated with NY. Its just the way it is.

    People dont wear Sox gear to "represent" Boston, they wear it because they are sox fans.

    I think ur confused chowder head
    another lame statement , and actually everyone that wears Yankees gear ... dude I just asked all of them , and they ALL just told me they like the team and that's why they spent money on the jersey.... swear ...no lie ...errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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  • inmyrvminmyrvm Posts: 933
    not sure who is liked more, but both teams are hated about the same. which is about a shit ton.
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  • SoapMakesUTallerSoapMakesUTaller Posts: 230
    So...wait a minute. 100,000+ for an exhibition in DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, a place that fills up with every USC game (80,000) or so LA Fans....and the reason for the number of people has more to do with....The Red Sox? Not the Dodgers, Bruin, or USC fans of Los Angeles who consistently fill up The Rose Bowl, Dodger Stadium, AND The Coliseum on a consistent basis? (90,000, 58,000, 85,000 seats)

    I'd say this is just the large shadow of ego that the East Coast likes to emit on the rest of the world...Guys, seriously, Boston and New York are not the center of the universe.

    This is an EVENT in Los Angeles, 50th Dodger anniversary in L.A., first game at the Coliseum in 50 years, it would have filled up if the Dodgers were playing the Angels. Please, for the sake of the 49 other states, get over yourselves Red Sox fans.

    P.S. I can't wait to see Red Sox fans try and pull that crap they do with Yankee/Angel fans in downtown Los Angeles. Some advice, we don't like loud mouths from the East Coast. :)

    PSS. Many Dodger fans are Raider fans...just to give you a heads up. Have a fun day in Los Angeles!
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