Children and the Red Sox
by SC
on Jul 11, 2008 2:04 PM EDT
Real quick and totally pointless.
You may remember this kid from getting a Shelley Duncan autograph, pictured above, which sent his mom into a tizzy because I'm terribly certain that this child has never in his life heard that the Red Sox suck. Shelley Duncan should be a great role model for all children.
Maybe Shelley Duncan remembers being a kid, and busting chops. Busting chops is an undeniably fun activity. If you can't derive any joy from chop-busting, then what fun are you?
How many times do you think this kid has said "Yankees suck!" Shelley Duncan should've called him a dork in the autograph, too. And I just love this photo. "OK, Billy, lean on the windowsill with your left hand, and make a Dawson's Creek face."
Shelley Duncan 1, Red Sox Nation 0.
I'm aware that I'm not about to blow the minds of most of y'all who are already aware of this, but I hate this photo for the following reasons:
1. It's overused to death. Every bandwagon ninny on Myspace has this thing somewhere on their stupid page.
2. It's not even real. As if American children are this passionate about sports. Come on. Maybe if this kid was flipping off a hamburger Happy Meal because he likes Chicken McNuggets better, I'd buy it.
Also, can I ask a question for any Red Sox fan that might read? This is a genuine question.
Why does every single Red Sox fan have to say "I'm a huge Sox fan"?
Why do they have to be huge?
And if the answer is, "Because in Red Sox Nation, all we HAVE are huge fans!" please don't kid yourself or me.
Can't someone admit, like in almost all other fanbases, that they casually follow the sport? You should see how many Orioles "fans" whine by July every season and start demanding to talk about football.
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How about them Redskins?
The NFC East is going to be a dogfight again.
by dkdc on Jul 11, 2008 2:17 PM EDT 0 recs
In the second picture
The kid is wearing a Rugby or Soccer, and I think Rugby, jersey. The Red Sox logos are clearly photo shopped in.
by therobotian on Jul 11, 2008 2:18 PM EDT 0 recs
Another entry in the annals of Pink Hat Nation.
This is just as random: Target sells baseball caps. They sell the local team as well as whatever the huge bandwagon team of the year is, so naturally they have MFY & PHN. But get this: at the Target in White Marsh you can’t get a MFY or PHN hat without the logo being pink!!! They just don’t have ‘em.
Gave me quite the chuckle while I was shopping for a webcam, cat food, and diapers all in one non-Wal-Marty spot.
Ska-doosh.
From the Land of Pleasant Living...
by OEutaw on Jul 11, 2008 2:22 PM EDT 0 recs
I would imagine
most people here would describe themselves as “huge” Orioles fans. I think your question is kind of stupid! I’m attaching a picture of a kid flipping you off.
by Awesome Mike Awesome on Jul 11, 2008 2:48 PM EDT 0 recs
I could agree with you...
But most people on here are not likely MOST of the Orioles fan base. Also, more likely, people on here would describe themselves as life-long or long-time Orioles fans, or die-hard O’s fans. Much like a “REAL” Red Sox Fan would say.
"Jeremy Guthrie’s funny. Sneaky funny. Smart funny. Stanford funny."
-Kevbo
by dayzd toe on
Jul 11, 2008 2:57 PM EDT
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good question
especially considering the fact that during my time in Boston, I have met many “huge” Red Sox fans that started following the team just a few years ago.
"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones
by exitfare on
Jul 11, 2008 3:20 PM EDT
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Here's Shelley Duncan Trying to take out Akinori Iwamura's Manhood
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on Jul 11, 2008 2:56 PM EDT 0 recs
The primary indicator that both the Red Sox and Yankees draw the biggest asswipe fans in baseball is the fact that we must read periodic articles about how they beat each other, usually outside of bars after some dumb ass argument, and occasionally murder each other.
by drj on Jul 11, 2008 3:02 PM EDT 0 recs
I am starting to worry for your sanity
Damn you’re consumed
by Awesome Mike Awesome on
Jul 11, 2008 4:12 PM EDT
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Duncan
Is a tool. He’s one of Jerry’s kids. The spiking incident, the autograph, everything about him is lame. I admit, the autograph is funny, but it is a bit tasteless.
by blawk359 on Jul 11, 2008 3:25 PM EDT 0 recs
They don't call him
Shortbus for nuthin’.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
Jul 12, 2008 9:05 AM EDT
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Shelley Duncan
a true hero. Seriously, I don’t get how anyone really managed to blow that particular stupid story out of proportion. So the kid wanted an autograph and Duncan signed it “Red Sox suck.” The irony is pretty funny, actually, given what kind of player Duncan is. I bet the value of that autograph went all the way up to five bucks after it became a news story.
As to your “huge fan” question, I don’t know. It’s probably because outwardly Red Sox Nation™ members need to project invincibility to let all you other yokels know how superior we are (sarcasm). Because you know, we totally have more dedicated fans than you thanks to us being completely spoiled by 2 WSs in 4 years.
In my specific case, I’m not lying when I say I’m a dedicated fan…my name is Gus and I’m a baseballaholic…
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
by NHZ on Jul 11, 2008 3:42 PM EDT 0 recs
you've never fooled me into thinking you were a bandwagon fan
I bet you’ve got a Buckner jersey stashed away somewhere too
by math_geek on
Jul 11, 2008 4:44 PM EDT
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you, my friend,
you are the anti-ama.
"I’m sure glad he didn’t try to bunt." - DD on Melmo's game winning double, 6/17
by daveh873 on
Jul 12, 2008 12:46 PM EDT
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Did Yall See This?
This was Manny yesterday during a pitching change. I wonder who he could’ve been talking to?
Geaux Eaux's
by NawlinsOriole on Jul 11, 2008 3:42 PM EDT 0 recs
Manny rules.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 11, 2008 3:47 PM EDT
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And long as you get him his tickets...
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
Jul 12, 2008 9:06 AM EDT
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No doubt
he was trying to talk Moss into playing left for him.
A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.
by NHZ on
Jul 11, 2008 3:53 PM EDT
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aw, shucks...
you know what they say: that’s just manny being quirky.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on
Jul 11, 2008 5:08 PM EDT
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Manny even talks on the *phone* awesome! He's just all awesome all the time.There's no awesomer!
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
by Titov on Jul 11, 2008 10:58 PM EDT 0 recs
And stop laughing at the kid Shelley abused! That photo is in a hospital, where the kid is
being treated for terminal flatulence—which the Shelley incident caused. TF is no joke, especially near an open flame. Although Earl could cut the cheese to clear a bench, they say, and he’s still around.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Churchill,1942-- a rebuilding year.
by Titov on
Jul 11, 2008 11:05 PM EDT
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anyone else does this
and they’re run out of baseball!
"Jeremy Guthrie’s funny. Sneaky funny. Smart funny. Stanford funny."
-Kevbo
by dayzd toe on
Jul 11, 2008 11:06 PM EDT
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not if they hit like he does
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by SC on
Jul 12, 2008 1:23 AM EDT
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You can chokeslam
team personnel if you hit like Manny. But not if you pitch like Shawn Chacon.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
by duck on
Jul 12, 2008 9:09 AM EDT
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Boston fans are ON NOTICE.
Boston sports fans have been put on the big board.
They surpass the New Yawkers which is almost unthinkable. I can’t stand Da Sox, Celts, and Pats. Tell Sully and Murph to have a few more at the bah.
"Have a Good time...all the time." - Viv Savage
by Jergs on Jul 11, 2008 11:00 PM EDT 0 recs
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