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I just don't understand the hatred for the other sports teams in Boston. I frequent message boards for the other three teams, and the only place I see such hatred for the other three teams is on this board. It's truly bizarre. I mean, Christ, you can't go to a Celtics game and not see a Patriot player. Bellichick was at the Bruins games. Watch Red Sox postgame, and David Ortiz is wearing Bruins gear. I don't understand how this cohesion doesn't transfer to some fans.
As, I said I'm a fan of all four teams with the Patriots probably being my favorite, but the fact of the matter is is that the Patriots are the black sheep of this town right now. Entitled or not, since 2004, the Patriots have brought this town more heartbreak than all the other teams combined. 2006 AFCCG, 2007, 2010 against the Jets. Those are all some of the worst losses any team can ever experience.
I just don't understand the hatred for the other sports teams in Boston. I frequent message boards for the other three teams, and the only place I see such hatred for the other three teams is on this board. It's truly bizarre. I mean, Christ, you can't go to a Celtics game and not see a Patriot player. Bellichick was at the Bruins games. Watch Red Sox postgame, and David Ortiz is wearing Bruins gear. I don't understand how this cohesion doesn't transfer to some fans.
As, I said I'm a fan of all four teams with the Patriots probably being my favorite, but the fact of the matter is is that the Patriots are the black sheep of this town right now. Entitled or not, since 2004, the Patriots have brought this town more heartbreak than all the other teams combined. 2006 AFCCG, 2007, 2010 against the Jets. Those are all some of the worst losses any team can ever experience.
The story doesn't bother me. I think the main point, even with Florio, is that Boston/NE sports fans have had it so good that the Patriots -- the PATRIOTS! -- now have the longest title drought. It's a fact that only resonates because the Patriots are still the model of excellence in perception and reality.
My nomination for moronic post of the year (so far).:bricks:
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As, I said I'm a fan of all four teams with the Patriots probably being my favorite, but the fact of the matter is is that the Patriots are the black sheep of this town right now. Entitled or not, since 2004, the Patriots have brought this town more heartbreak than all the other teams combined. 2006 AFCCG, 2007, 2010 against the Jets. Those are all some of the worst losses any team can ever experience.
They don't get what real heartbreak is...and they live in the moment so it's always what have you done for me lately (as in this year).
As for Florio, his choice was to run with the 7 in a decade angle or find a way to make it sound like a bad thing...
Short of GB there probably isn't another sports town that wouldn't trade places with us...
To paraphrase Kraft...Today we are all "black" sheep, and frankly it doesn't get any better than that...
Macy's ran the same ad in the Globe today they ran in the Miami Herald Monday morning, only this time it wasn't a cruel joke...
Bruins 1 championship since 1973 38 years
Celtics 1 championship since 1987 24 years
Red Sox 2 championships since 1919 91 years
Patriots 3 championships since 2001 10 years
It took the other teams a combined 153 years and counting to top what the Patriots did in a decade.
And today's winner for the "There are lies, damned lies and then there are 'statistics'" prize goes to............
Or, you could say that the Celtics went to the NBA finals seven times and won them five times in the 14 seasons between 1973 and 1986, and the Patriots have not yet accomplished that in their 50 year history!
Or you could say that in the 50 years the Patriots have been in existence, the Bruins have gone to the Stanley Cup Finals eight times, vs. the Pats six, and won three times. Or that the Patriots have a long way to go before then can claim, like the bruins, that they have gone to the League Championship game 18 times and won it six times.
Just sayin'.
PS: As for the Red Sox, well, damn the Bambino anyway!
... No more strolls around Boston and dining out in annonimity ...