It’s Just Not Fun

Ten years ago, if you had asked me if I preferred a Red Sox win, or a Yankees loss I would have answered the Yankees loss. It’s not that I had some sick obsession with the Yankees or anything like that. It was their fans. Basically, if the Yankees lost, their fans disappeared. So, if the Yankees and Red Sox were both playing on a random Tuesday in April, there were a few possible scenarios. They both could win. But, the Yankees victory would mean that I had to hear them gloating about their 26 rings…or however many they had at the time. If the Yanks won but Sox lost, it was even worse. But, if the Yankees lost…even if the Sox lost too…the fans disappeared. I was rewarded with 24 hours of silence. It was pure bliss. I didn’t get that with a Red Sox win…only Yankees loss. So, when Yankees games were on tv, I watched them differently. It wasn’t about watching a game. It was about avoiding pain. That has gotten better since 2004. The Yankees fans have been a little quieter now that the Sox are the AL team of the century, and only the Cards can challenge them in the NL.

But, now it’s happening with Red Sox fans. Or, more specifically, the Red Sox fans who do whatever the media wants them to do to increase revenues. The Red Sox got swept this weekend. Whoop-de-do. They lost three games on the road to a team that played in the ALCS last year. Shudder to think. And our closer blew a save! Oh the humanity. Every closer blows saves. Yes, I said every. I don’t care. The Sox lost three times. They’re going to lose another 60 times this year. It happens. It doesn’t bother me. What bothers me? Sox fans. I’m watching Sox games the same way I used to watch Yankees games. Melancon blew a save. So, I know that I’ll have to avoid all newspapers and radios this morning. I also have to avoid the moronic fans who want Bard to be the closer. That’s getting hard to do. So, I can’t just watch the game. I dread the outcome. It’s not fun. Not one bit.

I mentioned last year that I realized that I really didn’t enjoy the season. I had to spend all April listening to the morons say they had already blown their chance with an Opening Day loss. Then I had to hear them talk about every loss in September like it was all over. It was draining. I want to be able to just watch and enjoy the games. Maybe it’s the biggest problem with the “pink hats” that don’t watch the games. Maybe there are just too many of them out there now. Too many fans actually think the Sox may miss the playoffs this year. Too many fans don’t know any better. They’re sucking the life out of me.

I want them to stop.