What makes you a Red Sox fan?

[NXgold]

What makes you a Red Sox fan, why do you support them?

 

Do you think all Red Sox fans have something in common apart from their shared support of the team?

 

Do you Red Sox fans embody any specific qualities and why?

 

Do you think some people just pretend to support Red Sox as an image thing, if so, why?

 

I am interested to see what your responses are!

Thanks,

NX

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Well baseball is my favorite sport to start with. I was like everyone else when they said "baseball is gay, I only like to play it" until I actually gave it a try. My dad being a red sox fan took me to a game vs the Marlins. He was really into it and I saw made him more happier. I started to get into baseball and we bonded more. Went to the batting cages everyday, went to a couple Marlins game every month, etc. Ever since then I just fell in love with the sport and the Red Sox. I get MLB.TV every year and watch almost all the games except for the ones on the west coast because those are killer especially with school. Never been to Fenway but I plan on going soon maybe on my birthday.

[Badbird]

I have had family in the state, so I always like the Red Sox. I watch them down here in Puerto Rico and win or lose, I will always be a Red Sox fan. The time I went to Fenway and saw Pedro pitch with the second I became a Red Sox fan.

[Bob_Boston]

I have been a Tribe fan all of my life, but have always admired the Red Sox.

 

I love the "B" on the cap and the traditional uniforms (just wish they'd go back to the red, white and blue sox.)

 

I love Fenway and Ted Williams, along with Bob Feller and Mantle, were my favorite players. I saw Teddyballgame many a time and saw him hit a number of home runs in the upper deck in old Cleveland Stadium.

 

For whatever reason, I liked them as a kid when they had Milt Bolling, Gene Stephens, Ted Lepcio, etc.

 

Lastly, I love New England and Boston is my favorite city. I love all its history.

 

I guess it boils down to the Red Sox great TRADITION!!

 

Oh yes! I get MLB just to see the Red Sox.

[suns]

Stay a tribe fan...good times are coming

[Bob_Boston]

Stay a tribe fan...good times are coming

The Guardians will always be in my heart. I was named after Bob Feller. I have seen over 1500 games in Cleveland.

 

The problem is the Guardians TRADE away their best ball players and until the economy is better and they get a *new* owner, it simply is too frustrating to root for a team that doesn't want (or can't) spend any money and are "also-rans" by May!

[BornToRun]

To put it simply, I was in the 3rd grade and it was 2005, year after that championship. I jumped on the bandwagon and never got off. I admit it, I started as a bandwagoner but I haven't and never will jump ship on the Sox.

[bsox0407]

I was Born in Pawtucket, RI and Lived in South Attleboro. I was Born into a family of Sox, Pats, Bruins, Celts fans. I love the Red Sox and Always will. They may infuriate me sometimes but i love them. They are faithful.

[DirtDog]

First of all, I was born on the night of October 25, 1986. All of you should know that date as it pertains to this team. My Dad was a Phillies fan but moved here in the 70s. That night I was born was quite delirious for him. He was in the waiting room at the hospital and the TV had the game on. It was also the end of daylight savings and he saw the clock on the wall literally going backwards. Even though the events of that game are to forget, he'll always point to those moments as the time he became a Sox fan himself. We both became Sox fans together. I'm 24 now.

 

I played baseball all throughout my life and consider it my favorite sport. I've followed it as early as was humanly possible. I remember some early 90s teams but really became a huge fan of Garciaparra when he broke in the league in 1996. I also played SS in little league and I always saw a lot of myself in him. Nomar also loved soccer, another sport I played since I was a toddler and still do to this day.

 

I went off to college in the mid-atlantic where everyone is Phillies fans. While I have grown to love them too, our fans are so much better here. During our WS wins it was my freshman year in 2004. Senior year 2007. Phillies fans down there bandwagoned into HUGE Sox fans. A few kids I knew had red sox gear. It was really trendy. Crap like that really bugged me and I still hate fairweather/pink hat/out of town fans post-2004. Since I took a fifth year, I was able to revel in the Phillies win down there in 2008. I wouldn't say I bandwagoned, but it was a fun experience. I do have roots with that city. My whole family is from there. Wasn't in Boston to experience The Sox ones though. I remember I was able to come home and get crapfaced with friends to go see the parades. Then driving back 8 hours the next day hungover as can be just to get to classes on time.

[SoxSport]

I can't help being a Red Sox fan. When I was a kid, I saw Ted Williams, Dom Dimaggio, Billy Goodman, Johhny Pesky, Birdie Tebbetts, Bobby Doerr, Mel Parnell, Ellie Kinder, Junior Stephens, Walt Dropo et al play at Fenway. And I can still see them, as plain as day.

[jacksonianmarch]

Sounds like old man SoxSport is hallucinating.

[jacksonianmarch]

The Guardians will always be in my heart. I was named after Bob Feller. I have seen over 1500 games in Cleveland.

 

The problem is the Guardians TRADE away their best ball players and until the economy is better and they get a *new* owner, it simply is too frustrating to root for a team that doesn't want (or can't) spend any money and are "also-rans" by May!

 

I have a feeling cities like Detroit and Cleveland will never recover. My guess is that the tech cities are going to go crazy over the next 50 yrs and cities that were factory and mill cities are gonna slowly die off. Take a look at Syracuse if you want an example. Big shipping area around the turn of the 20th century is now turning into a cesspool of the lower class with a mass exodus of the educated. When what the city is based upon is no longer relevant to the time, the city either needs to adapt, or people will move to where the jobs are. So my guess is that the Guardians franchise likely wont see a major improvement in their bottom line and by the end of my lifetime, I expect the Tigers and Guardians to be located elsewhere

[YAZMAN]

Superior genetics is what makes me a Red Sox fan.

[ORS]

That's a bit much. While those cities are stuggling right now to transition from their primary industry, what they have, and what will be appealing to other industries, is infrastructure and a deep labor pool. They'll come back.

[Bob_Boston]

That's a bit much. While those cities are stuggling right now to transition from their primary industry' date=' what they have, and what will be appealing to other industries, is infrastructure and a deep labor pool. They'll come back.[/quote']

 

Good post. I agree. Btw, Detroit has, is and will be a great baseball town.

[Will617]

Being constantly reminded by the world of 1918. And then watching 2004 unfold.

[Bob_Boston]

Hey, the Guardians are now at 1948 and no end in sight!

 

Wow! What a great chance they had in 1997 and Jose Mesa screwed it up. Sad!

[Bob_Boston]

Actually, the Tribe only had to beat the Red Sox in i game out of the last 3 in 2007 to be in the WS and I truly believe they finally would have won that year. However, they choked and the Sox won it all.

[TeddyBallGame9]

I have a feeling cities like Detroit and Cleveland will never recover. My guess is that the tech cities are going to go crazy over the next 50 yrs and cities that were factory and mill cities are gonna slowly die off. Take a look at Syracuse if you want an example. Big shipping area around the turn of the 20th century is now turning into a cesspool of the lower class with a mass exodus of the educated. When what the city is based upon is no longer relevant to the time' date=' the city either needs to adapt, or people will move to where the jobs are. So my guess is that the Guardians franchise likely wont see a major improvement in their bottom line and by the end of my lifetime, I expect the Tigers and Guardians to be located elsewhere[/quote']

 

There aren't many cities to move to; not like years ago. And the Tigers moving? You've got to be kidding!

[suns]

I have a feeling cities like Detroit and Cleveland will never recover. My guess is that the tech cities are going to go crazy over the next 50 yrs and cities that were factory and mill cities are gonna slowly die off. Take a look at Syracuse if you want an example. Big shipping area around the turn of the 20th century is now turning into a cesspool of the lower class with a mass exodus of the educated. When what the city is based upon is no longer relevant to the time' date=' the city either needs to adapt, or people will move to where the jobs are. So my guess is that the Guardians franchise likely wont see a major improvement in their bottom line and by the end of my lifetime, I expect the Tigers and Guardians to be located elsewhere[/quote']

 

When Cleveland is good the city is rocking, no one will deny that. Every team sometime in their lifetime will have to go through a rebuilding period. Right now it is Washington, Cleveland, and some other teams I don't feel like naming. The tribe will never move from Cleveland. Cleveland has a lot of good specs coming this year and next year so I think they will be contending in the next 2-3 years. The tribe will have a winning season and probably a world series title by the end of your lifetime

[Flynnatic10]

suns, since when were that nats good? lol

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

They have a chance to contend sooner or later. Strasburg and Harper is a good way to start.

[bsox0407]

They have a chance to contend sooner or later. Strasburg and Harper is a good way to start.

 

Werth is not bad either. So they have three top players right there. 2011 is a no go but 2012 i would watch them not finish in the cellar.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Totally forget about Werth. Yeah, I was referring to 2012 when they'll all play together.