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.
I’m baffled at the idea that I would want to appear to be a local of anywhere, including (especially?) Boston.
Dude… you live in Ohio. Easy with the stones.
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.
Well, that was before we won three Super Bowls and a World Series, no wonder you felt that way.
IMO Boston’s keen. (Nantucket would be ideal if it weren’t for all the ghosts.)
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.
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.
That was your first mistake. I take it you don’t follow baseball.
We? You play for the Red Sox and the Patriots? Dude, you do rock!
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.
If you aren’t on the team, why do you say we? Enlighten me.
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.
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?
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.
I’ll give your thoughts the consideration that they deserve.
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.
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.
Try some Cosy Soles, 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.
Ooh, thanks for the link. And my frosty toes thank you as well!
There is no joy in Denver
Mighty Jesus has struck out.
2007 champions: the Boston Red Sox.