Here’s a Thing I Don’t Get About Red Sox Fans
Posted on March 11th, 2010 in Uncategorized |
They just don’t give a damn when their heroes use steroids.
Yankees fans? We find it morally troubling. Jason Giambi, A-Rod, even (especially) Andy Pettitte, who barely counts as a steroid user. If Derek Jeter were ever revealed to have used steroids, Yankee Stadium would crack in two and sink into a massive hole in the Bronx ground.
We Yankee fans are morally serious people.
But David Ortiz breaks down after a career of steroid abuse and…no one cares. Hey, Big Papi! We love you! Say something cute!
Now Nomar Garciaparra signs with the Sox, then retires, and all the Sox fans go crazy with sentimental man-love.
Here’s how the Globe deals with the S-word:
At the time, some fans were bitter toward Garciaparra, accusing him of nursing injuries, using performance-enhancing drugs, and angling for a trade.
“Some fans” accused him of using “performance-enhancing drugs”? There wasn’t a baseball player or fan who didn’t think Nomar was on the juice.
But now, all is forgiven in Boston.
“He was the Red Sox,’’ said Juan Perez, a 61-year-old from the South End. “His best years were here, and he made such an imprint on the city. People just loved him.’’
Actually, Garciaparra was kind of a jerk.
I’m with Dan Shaughnessy, who writes:
….yesterday’s lovefest involving Nomar Garciaparra and the Red Sox was truly nauseating. If Nomar had been hooked up to a polygraph, the machine would have exploded….it’s downright fraudulent to deny or ignore how bad this relationship was at the end. Nomar hated Boston and the Red Sox in 2004, and the Sox knew they had to get rid of him if they had a chance to win a World Series. It was nasty and personal and it was obvious to everyone who was around the team in that iconic season.
A serious question: What is it with you people? It’s this kind of thing that makes people in other cities think that Bostonians are…you know…stupid.
Below, Nomar in before and after photos.
By the way, Globe writer Peter Schworm even tries to argue that Yankee fans think Nomar is a swell guy.
“I always liked him,’’ said Ian Kirschner, a 20-year-old University of Florida student visiting Fenway Park. “I always thought of him as a Red Sock.’’
This is very fishy! It’s highly dubious that any Yankee fan would attend the University of Florida, or visit Fenway Park in early March, for that matter. Let’s just say that I doubt Yankee fans think the world of Nomar.
In short: Deeply unpleasant guy, massive fraud, Sox fans love him. Weird.
4 Responses
3/11/2010 3:58 pm
I’m not too concerned about any athlete using steroids, at least in terms of the game rules. Their health is important, and the impact steroids have on health is questionable.
I’m more concerned about the fact that Congress wasted so much time, effort, and money on it, meanwhile the economy was headed for collapse.
3/12/2010 8:06 am
Rich,no one I know would agree with you on your opening sentence here. That is not true of anyone I know personally ,maybe of strangers who are fans but *no one* I know. I care, I care that they let down the many boys and girls who look up to them as role models.
3/12/2010 11:15 am
I don’t think the Boston welcome is anywhere near universal. I’ve heard an an awful lot of “what the hell?” about this come-”home”-and-retire bit. It’s actually rather puzzling.
Oh, and by the way, Yankee Stadium is crumbling, in case you hadn’t noticed.
3/14/2010 7:34 am
I’m a Yankees fan, but I think your perspective is completely warped. A-Rod was the man last summer and no one was booing him when he was back on his game. Same thing with Pettitte. Hell they even cheer Steinbrenner when he rode around the field in the golf cart, and he’s the most dubious Yankee of all. Memories are very short in sports.