Believe it or not, there are people on this messageboard -- myself obviously included -- who could care less about Boston baseball and actually resent the degree to which local media pushes it at the Patriots' expense. Exhibit A, The Boston Globe; Exhibit B, WEEI.
Many of us consider the Patriots forum a refuge from this mind-numbing excess, which is why posting OT here about Boston baseball might be considered an affront to fellow board members. It would simply be courteous of YOU to "realize" this fact, and use the board as it was intended. There is a forum here where you can chatter as much as you like about the Desperate Housewives (Boston's baseball team), and it will be welcomed and appreciated.
It's a win-win situation when you consider it: You get to share your interest with like-minded folks, and those who aren't interested don't have to negotiate the speed-bumps your OT baseball threads generate. Hopefully that makes things a bit more clear.
...Tune, I thought we've discussed this before - it's beating a dead horse...
(You have to be born in the area to know...)
As true as my quote in a certain signature is, it is now baseball season in Boston. Anyone who complains at this point about a domination of Red Sox talk over Pats talk in the Globe and on WEEI needs to tone it down a bit., because they've gone off the deep end. It's a bit outrageous to expect more Pats talk say, last week, when the Helton trade was being worked and the Pats were, well, playing golf. I realize sentiment towards baseball may be different in other parts of the country where college football and Nascar and such (for effect
) rule, but this is Boston for cryin' out loud.
The truth is, the true "MANY" of us are Boston sports fans (that would be the Sox and Pats...there are two other teams that I can't remember right now...), and enjoy following the Red Sox as much as we do the Patriots. It would be false to assume a large number of PatsFans come here to "get away" from "24/7" baseball talk.
With that said, their IS a Red Sox forum for this. And if you want to criticize the Red Sox amongst a Patriots fanbase (New England, in general) that also has strong loyalties to the Red Sox, you should probably do it in there too.
The "Desperate Housewives" ship has sailed. There are only something like 5 members of the 2004 Sox still around. The Sox have an exciting up-and-coming set of youngsters (Papelbon, Lester, Buchholz, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Bard, Masterson, etc.), but that is to be discussed in the Sox forum.
But if I may:
1. Lawn darts
2. Badminton
3. NASCAR
4. Croquet
