As an outside observer, I agree to an extent. Its seems you all have lost your identity as blue collar, beer drinking live n die with each game, mostly die with each game kinda lovable fan base. You're comment that the fan base is a mile wide and an inch deep is a real good analogy. Im impressed with that kind of writing. Wish I had come up with that myself.
But I wouldnt let these fans from Florida or California who have suddenly claimed their stake as red sox fans get to you. Their only connection to the team and city is their B hat, internet message boards and memoraizing lines from the departed.
But red sox fans actually from boston get to talk sox with your co-workers, walk down to the local watering hole for a few, when you step out of your rowhome you are in red sox land, you literally are those guys in that commercial talking about whether pedroria gets a sub named after him yet.
With winning comes bandwagon fans, which waters down your fan base identity. But i wouldnt worry about that man. As long as your from the boston area, you are what they pretend to be. A lifer.
As an Os fan we suck, sucked for awhile, reading that grantland article his description of pre-pink hat nation sox fans sound like Os fans now.
Sure its great that i can head to a game 10 mins before first pitch, buy standing only seats and be sitting in the lower level before the end of the 1st inning but Ill tell you what, Id trade being a devoted fan to a losing team for just a few years of success, so what if i gotta share a seat with some 17 yr old girl from california on the way there . . .i just want to get there.
One more thing, arent the girls who wear the pink hats now actually kinda cool for doing it? Dont they get respect for not succumbing to peer pressure and saying I like pink, im wearing a pink hat? idk, i find myself actually respecting the pink hats nowadays b/c you know they know everyone thinks they're fake but arent they really not fake since they stick with what they want to do? Honestly i think half the girls who wear non-pink hats just switched back b/c they wanted to follow what the herd said was cool which makes them the fakest of all. maybe im off
