Article: A Red Sox Fans’ Guide to the 2024 Postseason

[mvp 78]

8 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Another thing I'll never get  is fans throwing home run balls hit by the other team back on the field, including ones that could be worth serious dough like Freeman's in Game 4.  To me it's stupid on multiple levels.

It was cute when only the Cubbies fans did it. Now seemingly every fanbase does it. Dumb. 

[Bellhorn04]

4 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

He fell into the bullpen? Fans had nothing to do with that???

https://985thesportshub.com/2020/06/06/torii-hunter-says-he-had-no-trade-to-boston-because-of-racial-abuse-from-fans/

[mvp 78]

15 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

https://985thesportshub.com/2020/06/06/torii-hunter-says-he-had-no-trade-to-boston-because-of-racial-abuse-from-fans/

I've heard a lot of negative things about Torii as a person, but nobody deserves that kind of abuse. Anyone yelling slurs needs a permanent ban. No excuses for that behavior. 

[notin]

2 hours ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

All season I said the Yanks wouldn't win with Judge in centerfield. It's not his fault he played there because he didn't build the roster, just like it wasn't Kike's fault he was forced to play shortstop his last year in Boston -- which tainted the memory of his contributions to Red Sox fans.

But it was fun to root for Kike again, forever a hero in LA.

It’s Boone’s fault. The Yankees had an excellent defensive centerfielder on their roster, but benched him in order to keep Verdugo and his .647 OPS in the lineup…

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

He fell into the bullpen? Fans had nothing to do with that???

nice try........

https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/06/10/torii-hunter-said-he-was-called-the-n-word-a-hundred-times-at-fenway-the-red-sox-confirmed-its-true

[TheSplinteredSplendor]

1 minute ago, notin said:

It’s Boone’s fault. The Yankees had an excellent defensive centerfielder on their roster, but benched him in order to keep Verdugo and his .647 OPS in the lineup…

nonsense, Judge made a fantastic play earlier

[notin]

1 minute ago, TheSplinteredSplendor said:

nonsense, Judge made a fantastic play earlier

Over the course of 162 games, a Soto-Grisham-Judge outfield is far superior defensively.  And Judge certainly is a better RF than Soto, the most questionable Gold Glove nominee in recent years.

But Boone felt it necessary to splay Verdugo and his .647 OPS while benching Grisham and his .675…

[mvp 78]

12 minutes ago, notin said:

Over the course of 162 games, a Soto-Grisham-Judge outfield is far superior defensively.  And Judge certainly is a better RF than Soto, the most questionable Gold Glove nominee in recent years.

But Boone felt it necessary to splay Verdugo and his .647 OPS while benching Grisham and his .675…

Yes because then we got to see him k for the final out of the WS. Gods be praised!

[notin]

4 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Yes because then we got to see him k for the final out of the WS. Gods be praised!

And take full note of the fact that his grasp of the strike zone hasn’t changed…

[notin]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

I've heard a lot of negative things about Torii as a person, but nobody deserves that kind of abuse. Anyone yelling slurs needs a permanent ban. No excuses for that behavior. 

Torii did always seem so affable in interviews.  And he remains the one free agent I’ve ever heard admit he signed for the money with the Angels, when he said “my grandma said I’d be stupid to turn down that much money.”

[mvp 78]

4 minutes ago, notin said:

Torii did always seem so affable in interviews.  And he remains the one free agent I’ve ever heard admit he signed for the money with the Angels, when he said “my grandma said I’d be stupid to turn down that much money.”

The money is good, but that's definitely a cursed monkey's paw when you sign an Angels contract. 

[notin]

1 hour ago, mvp 78 said:

It was cute when only the Cubbies fans did it. Now seemingly every fanbase does it. Dumb. 

It could be worse, Like at Red Wings games when the fans all throw dead octopi on the ice after each opposing goal, a practice that begs several questions. Like

How did this start?  Did a fan bring a dead octopus to a game? How did he get it past security? Did he throw it on the ice after a goal and everyone around him thought “next time, I’m in”?  Do they sell dead octopi at games? Do they recruit bad goalies to bolster sales of dead octopi?  Do they have vendors on the stands yelling “Octopi!! Get your dead octopi HEEEYAH!!”?  Or did they have Octopi Day where the first 10,000 fans were given a dead octopus?  And did those fans get to their seats and think “Hey! What the f*** do I do with this raw, dead, stinky cephalopod?” And as luck might have had it, the opposing team scored at that point?

 

So much to ponder…

[moonslav59]

I hate the Dodgers, but it was nice seeing the Yanks lose, and lose this way.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

4 hours ago, notin said:

It could be worse, Like at Red Wings games when the fans all throw dead octopi on the ice after each opposing goal, a practice that begs several questions. Like

How did this start?  Did a fan bring a dead octopus to a game? How did he get it past security? Did he throw it on the ice after a goal and everyone around him thought “next time, I’m in”?  Do they sell dead octopi at games? Do they recruit bad goalies to bolster sales of dead octopi?  Do they have vendors on the stands yelling “Octopi!! Get your dead octopi HEEEYAH!!”?  Or did they have Octopi Day where the first 10,000 fans were given a dead octopus?  And did those fans get to their seats and think “Hey! What the f*** do I do with this raw, dead, stinky cephalopod?” And as luck might have had it, the opposing team scored at that point?

 

So much to ponder…

This being Halloween, have to think the worst: the original fan actually smuggled in a "live" octo in a full water bottle (when they were allowed)... Turns out, she was also a pledge to a local coven, and right after the pregame skate offered it up as a sacrifice to the pagan god Zamboni. 

There was no blood-letting, though; she just fed it a Fenway Frank.

[mvp 78]

1 hour ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

This being Halloween, have to think the worst: the original fan actually smuggled in a "live" octo in a full water bottle (when they were allowed)... Turns out, she was also a pledge to a local coven, and right after the pregame skate offered it up as a sacrifice to the pagan god Zamboni. 

There was no blood-letting, though; she just fed it a Fenway Frank.

I looked into it and the answer was really dumb.

[moonslav59]

Happy Halloween!

Booooo Yankees!