Unfortunately, things are much, much worse now. Every Boston fan I know is basically carrying around an extra set of underwear in case he might have to talk about the Sox or Pats or Celtics. Not that anyone bothers to ask them about their teams, mind you. But for some reason they insist on thinking that we care.
"Hey man, how bout those Sox!!!! Pretty sweet comeback, yeah?"
"Yeah, it was really sweet watching them get shut down by top-notch pitchers like Paul Byrd and Jake Westbrook in those middle games. And to see Manny standing at the plate, doing his pathetic home run stare, after hitting a ball that doesn't even clear the wall. And to watch Papelbon flex like a retarded monkey after "saving" a 10-run lead. And to watch the Boston "faithful" cheer J.D. Drew for his grand slam after booing him constantly for the past year and demanding he be traded. I mean, how could you not be proud?"
"........fuck yeah dude! Sox rule!!!!"
The Pats are the same arrogant team with the same half-snob, half-jackass fanbase. If you haven't been following the NFL season, the big story is that, after they got caught blatantly cheating, the Patriots have now decided to run up the score against every team they play in a big "FU" to the league. Easterbrook summed it best in his column this week:
Dishonesty, cheating, arrogance, hubris, endless complaining even in success. The Patriots have three Super Bowl rings, but that jewelry is tarnished by their cheating scandal. They run up the score to humiliate opponents -- more on that below -- thus mocking sportsmanship. Their coach snaps and snarls in public, seeming to feel contempt for the American public that has brought him wealth and celebrity. Victory seems to give Bill Belichick no joy, and defeat throws him into fury. Belichick and the rest of the top of the Patriots' organization continue to refuse to answer questions about what was in the cheating tapes -- and generally, you refuse to answer questions if you have something to hide. The team has three Super Bowl triumphs, yet its players regularly whine about not being revered enough. The team's star, Tom Brady, is a smirking sybarite who dates actresses and supermodels but whose public charity appearances are infrequent. That constant smirk on Brady's face reminds one of Dick Cheney; people who smirk are fairly broadcasting the message, "I'm hiding something." The Patriots seem especially creepy at this point because we still don't know whether they have told the full truth about the cheating scandal -- or even whether they really have stopped cheating. They say they have, but their word is not exactly gold at this juncture. Ladies and gentlemen, representing Evil, the New England Patriots.
As the column later discusses, this bitterness is even more ridiculous because they have absolutely no right to be angry. I mean, they're upset because they got caught cheating? Boo hoo. Why would anyone in the world feel bad for these cheating millionaires? Why should we feel anything but contempt? If you've ever in your life valued sportsmanship, you should be cheering against this team every week.
Perhaps the worst part about all this is that the fans don't seem to care. But then again, that returns us to my main point: these are terrible people in the first place. Instead of wearing those ugly-yet-ubiquitous Boston caps, they should just wear a shirt that reads "Win At All Costs."
Yes, I'm sure there are plenty of good people from the area. But why haven't I met any of them yet? Until then, my opinion remains unchanged. The bitterness, self-entitlement, petulance, and nonstop whininess of these teams is not only accepted but embraced by people who share those same qualities.
I guess it really is hard living in the shadow of a great city.
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No more than an hour after I posted this, this column appeared on the frontpage of CNNSI.com: Boston enjoying run, losing mystique. A quick read, but definitely worthwhile.
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And I'm so glad I found THIS today as well. Apparently the anti-Boston movement is rapidly gaining steam. You see, it's not that the world is just now recognizing how much these people suck. We've known that for years. It's just that these cretins were so much easier to ignore when they were shouting racist insults at their own players instead of riding around on all these bandwagons.
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