ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN #2 Red Sox-Rays

by RedSoxUltras on Oct 10, 2008 3:10 PM EDT

Red Sox Ultras 1901 Speaking...

My expectations for the Red Sox as voted for in an April RedSox.com poll were for the defending World Series Champions to reach the playoffs again. This was partly logical based on the strong and relatively unchanged lineup we were inheriting from the 2007 season and also part emotional--as a Red Sox fan I believe we have the right to expect a good season from this team, but I abhor the newfound Yankee mentality among many fans that the team should haul in a title every year. Any team reaching the Post Season ranks among the top 8 in all of baseball--that is nothing to be sneered at. We have 2 titles under our belt, chill out.

Still I can hardly contain the my joy at the fact that the Red Sox overcame expectations yet again. The ALCS is probably my favorite event in all of baseball, the dirtiest and most passionate culmination of a loooong and grueling season. A team winning the ALCS seems to rise to an entirely new level...a place above the clouds called World Series Heaven. But first it must fight its way through ALCS Hell. There is only one thing better than the Sox being in the ALCS--the Sox being in the ALCS and facing a rival team. The Rays are arguably our most-hated rivals second only to the Wankees and after a heated run for the AL East crown this series is bound to be a battle reminiscent of the 2004 series against the Wankees. Today, unlike then, we are the team with history on its side facing a band of "idiots" with nothing to lose. Can we consider ourselves the lucky team? How would you compare losing to #2 rivals Rays to losing to #1 rivals Wankees?

Poll

Would You Feel Better Losing to the Rays than the New York Wankees?

Yes, nothing is more humiliating than losing to the MFY.

7 votes

No, we hate both teams equally and they should earn the title of MFR

4 votes

I don't know because I'm one of those people who can never make up their minds.

1 votes

12 votes | Poll has closed

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Just for the Reference: I Voted YES.

Any hard core Red Sox fan knows the shame of losing to the Wankees. The Rays might be fierce rivals but they are fairly recent rivals and if anything, they are in a similar position that we ourselves faced in 2004. If they win their first World Series title, more power to them. The thought of the tyrannic Yankees gaining another World Series ring is well…unthinkable.

Forever Red Sox, screw all those pink-hatted babes, 'got no family, 'got no friends, 'got no life--RED SOX I LIVE FOR THIS.

by RedSoxUltras on Oct 10, 2008 3:16 PM EDT reply actions