# I hope the Red Sox kill the fucking Rockies. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 24, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847 "2007-10-24T18:32:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/141 "2007-10-28T19:27:36Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] My personal agenda aside, I thought Colorado was supposed to be a decent team. They’ve looked like top-to-bottom garbage to me – espcially the pitchers. That “Dragon-Slayer” dude was fucking pathetic. What a doughy loser. [/QUOTE] They were a 90-73 team in a weaker league. Switch them with an average AL team and they go 84-78, maybe. They aren’t any better a team than the Mariners or the Blue Jays. The streak was neat and all, but by objective measures they’re not nearly as good a team as Boston. It bears repeating; “momentum” in baseball is luck. There is no evidence that it helps a team in the postseason. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/142 "2007-10-28T21:33:08Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] If you’re going to call the Red Sox the BoSox, you might as well start calling Boston _Beantown_. In other words, you’re not a local. [/QUOTE] I’m baffled at the idea that I would want to appear to be a local of anywhere, including (especially?) Boston. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/143 "2007-10-28T21:36:52Z")
Dude… you live in _Ohio_. Easy with the stones. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/144 "2007-10-28T21:44:36Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] Dude… you live in _Ohio_. Easy with the stones. [/QUOTE] I’m not from Boston. I will never be from Boston. The posts I’m responding to seem to think that an obvious “not from Boston-ness” is something people should correct or worry about. That’s laughable. Ohio _sucks_. It’s where my job is, and that’s the extent of my loyalty to the state. Boston, from my six weeks spent there in 1988, also sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/145 "2007-10-29T00:04:50Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] Boston, from my six weeks spent there in 1988, also sucks. [/QUOTE] Well, that was before we won three Super Bowls and a World Series, no wonder you felt that way. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/146 "2007-10-29T00:44:46Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I’m not from Boston. I will never be from Boston. The posts I’m responding to seem to think that an obvious “not from Boston-ness” is something people should correct or worry about. That’s laughable. [. . .] Boston, from my six weeks spent there in 1988, also sucks. [/QUOTE] IMO Boston’s keen. (Nantucket would be ideal if it weren’t for all the ghosts.) > [@](#): > > Ohio _sucks_. It’s where my job is, and that’s the extent of my loyalty to the state. It’s too bad you feel this way. I was born, raised and schooled in Ohio but no job could’ve kept me there. Seriously, there are two basic truths: separate bathrooms save marriages, and you got to got to love where you live. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/147 "2007-10-29T01:23:18Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I’m not from Boston. I will never be from Boston. The posts I’m responding to seem to think that an obvious “not from Boston-ness” is something people should correct or worry about. That’s laughable. Ohio _sucks_. It’s where my job is, and that’s the extent of my loyalty to the state. Boston, from my six weeks spent there in 1988, also sucks. [/QUOTE] You’re miserable. The only thing I implied was that neither “BoSox” nor “Beantown” are part of the Boston lexicon. Read the entire string before casting your nastiness. ---
**Author:** ![cynical313](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cynical313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynical313)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/148 "2007-10-29T01:23:23Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I thought Colorado was supposed to be a decent team. [/QUOTE] That was your first mistake. I take it you don’t follow baseball. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/149 "2007-10-29T01:45:39Z")
[QUOTE=Telemark] Well, that was before we won three Super Bowls and a World Series, no wonder you felt that way. [/QUOTE] We? You play for the Red Sox and the Patriots? Dude, you do rock! ---
**Author:** ![cynical313](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cynical313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynical313)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/150 "2007-10-29T01:49:31Z")
[QUOTE=brownie55] We? You play for the Red Sox and the Patriots? Dude, you do rock! [/QUOTE] There are few things more annoying than Red Sox fans, but one of those things is people that make the “don’t say we, you’re not on the team” argument. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/151 "2007-10-29T01:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=cynical313] There are few things more annoying than Red Sox fans, but one of those things is people that make the “don’t say we, you’re not on the team” argument. [/QUOTE] If you aren’t on the team, why do you say we? Enlighten me. ---
**Author:** ![cynical313](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cynical313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynical313)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/152 "2007-10-29T01:57:57Z")
[QUOTE=brownie55] If you aren’t on the team, why do you say we? Enlighten me. [/QUOTE] convention? It’s become(and has for a long time) accepted that fans can refer to the team in this way. Reality doesn’t change just because you want it to. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/153 "2007-10-29T02:15:11Z")
I’m hoping for a Rockies, um, miracle because Ryan Spilborghs, who’s starting in center field tonight, is a local boy and his mom is a co-worker of mine. She’s a really nice lady by the way and is always pleasant and exceedingly helpful. I don’t know her well enough to ask about the Rockies “Christian mafia” issue and have no idea if she or her son happen to be religious themselves. BTW: WTF, **brownie** , did you really need “enlightenment” on that common language convention? ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/154 "2007-10-29T02:23:49Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] I’m hoping for a Rockies, um, miracle because Ryan Spilborghs, who’s starting in center field tonight, is a local boy and his mom is a co-worker of mine. She’s a really nice lady by the way and is always pleasant and exceedingly helpful. I don’t know her well enough to ask about the Rockies “Christian mafia” issue and have no idea if she or her son happen to be religious themselves. BTW: WTF, **brownie** , did you really need “enlightenment” on that common language convention? [/QUOTE] I’ll admit I recognize it as a convention, but I still think only a wanker fanboy has to associate himself with the success of a local team that way. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/155 "2007-10-29T02:27:34Z")
[QUOTE=brownie55] I’ll admit I recognize it as a convention, but I still think only a wanker fanboy has to associate himself with the success of a local team that way. YMMV. [/QUOTE] I’ll give your thoughts the consideration that they deserve. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/156 "2007-10-29T02:48:36Z")
[QUOTE=DudleyGarrett] The only thing I implied was that neither “BoSox” nor “Beantown” are part of the Boston lexicon. Read the entire string before casting your nastiness. [/QUOTE] And since no one cares what’s in the Boston lexicon since no one here seems to want to pass themselves off as Bostonians, what was the point of your pedantry? Ack, nevermind. I forgot who I was talking to. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/157 "2007-10-29T03:00:41Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] I was born, raised and schooled in Ohio but no job could’ve kept me there. Seriously, there are two basic truths: separate bathrooms save marriages, and you got to got to love where you live. [/QUOTE] I just don’t really care much where I live. I’m down on Ohio at the moment because we have lameass politicians and my feet are cold. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/158 "2007-10-29T03:03:07Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I just don’t really care much where I live. I’m down on Ohio at the moment because we have lameass politicians and my feet are cold. [/QUOTE] Try some [Cosy Soles](http://www.footsmart.com/P-Cosy-Soles-Microwave-Slippers-70701.aspx), **jsgoddess**. I’m sitting here in a 64° house with toasty feet thanks to my recent purchase of a pair. Best 50 bucks I ever spent. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/159 "2007-10-29T03:10:28Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Tiger] Try some [Cosy Soles](http://www.footsmart.com/P-Cosy-Soles-Microwave-Slippers-70701.aspx), **jsgoddess**. I’m sitting here in a 64° house with toasty feet thanks to my recent purchase of a pair. Best 50 bucks I ever spent. [/QUOTE] Ooh, thanks for the link. And my frosty toes thank you as well! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-the-red-sox-kill-the-fucking-rockies/423847/160 "2007-10-29T04:15:45Z")
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