skmsw wrote:4. Ignore the similarities between "my trainers gave it to me, I thought it would help me with my three knee surgeries, I was going through a lot with my dad dying" and "my doctor (who I never met) prescribed it for me, I thought it would help with my rehab, I had a lot going on what with the trainwreck of a career and all."
I don't ignore the similarities. You shouldn't ignore the differences between "Man, he told me it was some flaxseed oil" and "Yeah I took HGH."
PaintItRed and I were talking about this last night - are the Red Sox universally hated throughout the country, or is this just a St. Louis thing due to 2004? I honestly didn't know the Red Sox were really a disliked team until I started getting on Cardinal bulletin boards.
jim wrote:PaintItRed and I were talking about this last night - are the Red Sox universally hated throughout the country, or is this just a St. Louis thing due to 2004? I honestly didn't know the Red Sox were really a disliked team until I started getting on Cardinal bulletin boards.
If the Yankees are hated throughout the country, then the Red Sox would fall into the same category.
jim wrote:PaintItRed and I were talking about this last night - are the Red Sox universally hated throughout the country, or is this just a St. Louis thing due to 2004? I honestly didn't know the Red Sox were really a disliked team until I started getting on Cardinal bulletin boards.
Even then, they weren't hated prior to '04 in St. Louis. All I would hear around town before '04, and even in the '04 playoffs, was "I'm pulling for the Sox. I hate the Yankees" or "I hope the Cardinals play the Sox in the Series. That would be great!".
Now, being a Sox fan in St. Louis is akin to being a leper. And the vitriol is pretty thick. So be it. I've officially accepted the fact that St. Louisans now hate and will always hate the Red Sox and pretty much all Boston sports teams.
jim wrote:PaintItRed and I were talking about this last night - are the Red Sox universally hated throughout the country, or is this just a St. Louis thing due to 2004? I honestly didn't know the Red Sox were really a disliked team until I started getting on Cardinal bulletin boards.
If the Yankees are hated throughout the country, then the Red Sox would fall into the same category.
It's seems to me the most hated team is the team who's won the most recently with the most resources. Boston's probably taken the title from the Yankees for the time being until the Yankees stop losing in the first round of the playoffs. Heck, the Yankees almost became a sympathetic figure when the whole Torre thing went down.
jim wrote:PaintItRed and I were talking about this last night - are the Red Sox universally hated throughout the country, or is this just a St. Louis thing due to 2004? I honestly didn't know the Red Sox were really a disliked team until I started getting on Cardinal bulletin boards.
If the Yankees are hated throughout the country, then the Red Sox would fall into the same category.
I've been living in some alter universe then. Yankees yes, but Red Sox? Why is this? They have won one WS in like 90 years. How can you hate them?
jim wrote:PaintItRed and I were talking about this last night - are the Red Sox universally hated throughout the country, or is this just a St. Louis thing due to 2004? I honestly didn't know the Red Sox were really a disliked team until I started getting on Cardinal bulletin boards.
If the Yankees are hated throughout the country, then the Red Sox would fall into the same category.
I've been living in some alter universe then. Yankees yes, but Red Sox? Why is this? They have won one WS in like 90 years. How can you hate them?
