10/19: Lester On The Hill For All The Marbles!

[Gom]

Hahaha. Wow. My girlfriend today asked me if the Sox were playing a playoff game on the same day as the Pats played a regular season game if people would watch the Sox game. I laughed at her thinking that no fan in their right mind' date=' of any team, would pick football over playoff baseball. I guess I was wrong.[/quote']

Tell your girl to come over. Then you can watch both games, while I take care of her for you. :harhar:

[riverside sluggers]

Tough to take, especially when it went 7 games. I have no doubt theyll be back in October next year. It is impressive that with all the injuries and the Manny saga, they won 95 games and came to the brink of reaching the world series. What the ZRays have done this year is incredible. But unlike my room mate, I just cant root them on in the next round. Go Phillies!

[ToddKalas]

That article, while unfortunate, doesn't surprise me. With such an adolescent sports history here in Tampa, football is the daddy of them all. It just shows how far this town has to go before it becomes recognized as an all-around sports powerhouse (in regards to the fans). That, coupled with Tampa Bay being such a transitional area for people just means it's going to take longer for "us" to cling to more than one sport.

 

It's unfortunate. I also can't understand who would want to go to the Bucs game over this game 7. I LOVE the Bucs and have been a HUGE fan for over a decade - all the memorabilia - personalized Bucs license plate, clothes, all the crap on my walls, etc, etc... but there was no way in hell I was missing this Rays game. I may have flipped to the Bucs game 5 times throughout the night (during commercials of course).

 

They were playing freakin Seattle for crying out loud. And I, along with every other Buc fan, love Alstott, but who the hell cares about him making a 5 minute appearance. Geeez... I did hear that RayJay was nice enough to play the last 2 innings on the big screen at the stadium... and 'they' were saying that about 60% of the fans stayed behind to watch the outcome.

 

Still... Game 7 was HISTORY for the Rays. History... how often can you say you were at/watched the Rays go to the World Series. I'm a realist, and this could be a once in a lifetime chance to see. Unreal...

 

As far as the fanbase goes... it'll improve. I think of the Lightning and what happened when they went to the Stanley Cup. This town just got a fever for hockey, and while, of course, fans jump off the wagon, hockey has become one of those sports that becomes a norm to follow for many people now.

 

Go Rays... Go Tampa.... Boston fans,Go Home!

[Paradisecity]

We are home, retard.

[Gom]

We are home' date=' retard.[/quote']

Sad, pathetic excuse of a human being...

[Paradisecity]

Yeah...go with that.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

It's unfortunate. I also can't understand who would want to go to the Bucs game over this game 7. I LOVE the Bucs and have been a HUGE fan for over a decade - all the memorabilia - personalized Bucs license plate, clothes, all the crap on my walls, etc, etc... but there was no way in hell I was missing this Rays game. I may have flipped to the Bucs game 5 times throughout the night (during commercials of course).

 

Hmmm... we may be able to get along.

[soxfan17881]

I LOVE the Bucs and have been a HUGE fan for over a decade...

 

Thankfully, recent advances in the treatment of mental illness make this a treatable condition.

[BoSox21]

can we lock this thread yet?

[schillingouttheks]

Yes. Good night, 2008.