And for my first post...I'll take Red Sox for $500

Ah, the first posting for my new blog....I'm so pumped. I've decided to focus my energy for this inaugural blog on my most hated team of the moment, the Boston Red Sox. The inspiration for this blog was sparked by a recent posting on a friends blog, "Scotch & Politics" (http://scotchandpolitics.com/) in a post titled "Boston, City of Villains." Although the majority of the post revolves around the Pats, there is some good Red Sox bashing as well, which reminded me of how much I loved to rant about things, specifically sports, hence this blog was born.

Why do I (we) hate the Red Sox so much? Maybe its because so many people got behind them in 2004 because of the media circus surrounding the "curse." A quick side note on the "curse" - in my first visit to Yankee Stadium to see the Yankees eventually lose to the Indians in the ALDS, I did see a shirt that was selling outside of the stadium that made me laugh..."Red Sox fans...there was no curse....your teams just sucked." One of the few times I'll ever give props to anything that is Yankee. Back to my Red Sox bashing...

The media went nuts with the Red Sox in 2004...they were taking on the evil Yankees of New York, the last time they won the world series Woodrow Wilson was President, the Red Sox didn't buy their team like the Yankees, feel sorry for poor Boston....blah blah blah. Now, thanks to the media, there is a "Red Sox Nation," a red plague that is second only to the former USSR, and one that many Americans equally hate.

I for one NEVER wanted the Red Sox to win the A.L. Pennant, yet alone the World Series. Red Sox fans were obnoxious enough, and before 2004 at least when they pissed you off you could just say "1918" and they'd shut up. Oh, how times have changed.

Now the "feel good" Red Sox are just as bad as the Yankees, having the second highest payroll in the majors at $143,526,214. If a Red Sox fan tries to tell you the Yankees are the "Evil Empire", just calmly remind them that they're the New England version of the Evil Empire - same empire taste, but with an annoying accent to boot!

Has God ever created a more obnoxious fan then a Red Sox fan? I hate going to Oriole Park now when the O's are playing the Sox...not so much because it annoys me that 65% of the stadium are fair-weather Red Sox fans, who act like rooting for the Red Sox is the latest fashion trend, but because when you see a Red Sox fan, you'd think they'd won the past 100 World Series titles based on the way they talk and act. At least a Yankee fan can be obnoxious and back it up with 26 World Series titles...here are a few stats for you Sox Fans -

Since the Orioles became a team in Baltimore in 1954, they've won 6 A.L. Pennants and 3 World Series Titles.
Since 1918, an additional 36 years, the Sox only have 1 World Series title (2004) and 6 A.L. titles. The moral of the story is, even including World Series titles throughout your entire history (6 since 1903), your team averages 1 World Series title every 17.33 years. The Orioles currently average one title every 17.66 years. Ah, but you forget that when the Red Sox won the majority of their titles, there we half as many teams in baseball, making it that much easier to win!
Take out titles before 1918 and you're averaging 1 title every 89 years....something to be proud of Sox Fans! And if you look from 1954 onward, The Orioles are much better than the Sox, having 6 A.L titles to your 4, and 3 World Series titles to your 1. Clearly we're 3 x's better than you, but why is it you don't hear anything about those "obnoxious Orioles fans." And don't pull this 10 straight losing seasons for the Orioles card. Even when we were good back in 1996-1997, people still didn't complain.

Red Sox fans think they live in the greatest city on earth (which is wrong, because according to Baltimore's motto, Baltimore is "The Greatest City in America." All jokes aside, Red Sox fans need to learn that your team history isn't that great. Maybe if you win this year and again in the 2000s, you can start throwing your weight around.

Until then, do us all a favor - stop acting like you're the best sports team to ever walk the face of the earth.