# Shut the FUCK up Red Sox \[and any other team\] fans!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-red-sox-and-any-other-team-fans/266242>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-red-sox-and-any-other-team-fans/266242 "2004-09-27T03:04:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-red-sox-and-any-other-team-fans/266242/41 "2004-09-29T02:41:54Z")

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> [@Neurotik](#):
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> There’s no question he’s a different player. The question is why he’s so different.

Money? Look at the cash Ruth got, for the time, and the kind of money Rickey Henderson got for the time.

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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-red-sox-and-any-other-team-fans/266242/42 "2004-09-29T03:01:56Z")

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> [@iampunha](#):
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> Money? Look at the cash Ruth got, for the time, and the kind of money Rickey Henderson got for the time.

Well, I didn’t mean it like that…although, Barry has never really been one to seek out endorsements.

The problem isn’t that he’s changed, I would expect that. The problem is how quickly he changed and to what degree.

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**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-the-fuck-up-red-sox-and-any-other-team-fans/266242/43 "2004-09-29T03:37:35Z")

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Gee, I’d really love to join you all in this bitchfest, but, I’m a Yankee fan and even with a total lack of pitching, we made the playoffs _again_. 😃

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