splicetoday.com - 6/23/2008
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The backlash against the Red Sox has begun in earnest after their 2007 World Series win. Sure, there are bandwagon jumpers--everyone likes a winner--but Boston management can't be blamed for creating a dynamic and popular team.
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The Backlash Against the Backlash
ShysterBall —
... While the misery of Red Sox Nation has been overplayed, Splice Today's Russ Smith -- a Sox fan living in Baltimore -- believes that the backlash has jumped the shark as well: ...
Splice Today: A Defense of Red Sox Nation
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Splice Today: A Defense of Red Sox Nation A week ago, The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Bob Ford ranted about the interlopers who came to see the Sox play the Phillies in a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park, lamenting that the “casual fans who [want] to glom on the gravy train” were wreaking havoc in his city. He wrote: “Once, there was something appealing about the passion that that Boston fans brought to the team that had broken their hearts on such a regular basis… The team offered a counterbalance to the corporate machine of the New York Yankees.” Hey, Bob, stick it up ...
Baseball Today: Tuesday, June 24
Projo Sox Blog —
... ENOUGH, ALREADY: The nationwide backlash against Boston's recent sporting fortunes -- and, more specifically, the fans who are basking in it -- is reaching epidemic proportions, which prompted Red Sox fan Russ Smith (who lives in Baltimore) to offer a defense for his fellow Nation members. Shysterball's Craig Calcaterra thinks the bandwagon fans will abandon the Sox eventually and says ...
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splicetoday.com 6/23/2008 — Boston’s team has an enormous number of bandwagon jumpers, but they’ll disappear when the team goes sour. Meanwhile, you can’t blame people for filling other stadiums rather than paying scalpers enormous sums to get a seat at Fenway Park.
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Schilling for the Hall?
zonersports.com 6/23/2008 — Continuing the conversation started at TBL & SN...
Between injuries, Schilling was an innings-eating monster, piling up complete games like a pitcher from the 60’s. He won 20 games in a season 3 times. If not for the injuries, I have no doubt Schilling at least flirts with 300 wins.
YOU DA MAN! —
NY Post: Sports 6/23/2008
Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run home run off of Mike Parisi in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift the Red Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Cardinals yesterday in Boston. Mike Lowell led off the inning with a single off Parisi (0-3) before Youkilis hit...
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Major League Baseball News 6/23/2008
The Red Sox haven't exactly lost their grip. But as indicated by the latest weekly voting update, announced Monday afternoon, they have lost two significant edges, and their hold on a couple of other positions is looser.
Schilling undergoes shoulder surgery (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/23/2008
Curt Schilling's shoulder operation has gone well and his surgeon says he could be throwing off a mound again by January. Monday's surgery on the 41-year-old Boston Red Sox right-hander lasted just under two hours and involved repairs to his tendon ...
