Fed Up With the Red Sox

You know who’s got me fed up? The Boston Red Sox. That’s right. Everyone’s favorite team. I’ve had enough of them. Honestly, this wasn’t always the case. I was one of the many who jumped on the bandwagon back in 2004 when they won the World Series. By no means was I hanging their flag out and praying to a Fenway Shrine every night, but I wanted to see the Sox win the World Series. I liked the underdog, and that’s what they seemed like to me at the time.

Something changed since then, though. Maybe it wasn’t the team itself, but I’ve seen a different side of the organization and that has changed my thoughts on the team. At the risk of angering Sox fans everywhere, the Red Sox organization reminds me, more than any other team, of……the New York Yankees. Yeah, I said it.

Hear me out on this one. The way I see it, the Yankees are that beautiful girl in high school that had everything go her way in life, while the Red Sox are the crazy girl who spent all her time trying to be like the beautiful girl. Everything always works out for the Yankees. People like them, and if they don’t it’s because they win all of the time. Meanwhile the Sox are spent living in the Yankees shadow, trying to outdo them all the time.

It makes sense if you think about it. A couple of years ago, the Sox spent all winter trying to get A-Rod (baseball’s prize player, despite seeming like one of the softest players in the game). Of course they didn’t get him, and when they didn’t they cried unfair and called the Yankees the “Evil Empire”. They blame their 86 years of losing on a curse. Most recently they lost their star center fielder to the Yankees and spent the entire off-season without a general manager, until they brought back the guy who left 3 months before.

I’m not saying all of this because I’m a Yankees fan. I’m not. I don’t like them at all and I hate what they’ve done to the game of baseball. But at least they run their team in an organized fashion. You can hate them for all the players they’ve signed and the money they’ve spent, but you can’t hate them for taking care of business. Compared to the Yankees, the Sox are a mess. Everything the Red Sox try to do just seems like a reaction to the Yankees. While other teams go out and try to fill holes, Boston and New York are in a ridiculous competition against each other

So that’s where I stand. A team I used to enjoy supporting has come full circle. They are quickly becoming what they claim to hate, a team whose success is built around high priced players. As for me, I’m just tired of hearing all about them. I’ve had my fill of hearing all about the newest drama in Boston and I’m prepared to spend my upcoming baseball season the peaceful way, listening as the Phillies come up short yet again.

(This appeared in the Albrightian, but I reposted it for people who don't have easy access to that.)