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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.They're not "near" the Sox and they never will be. Not sure why it is, maybe it has to do with the Pats' sorry beginnings. Not that we Pats fans are not ravenous, we just seem to pale in terms of pure numbers. There are many Sox fans everywhere. Can't say the Pats have any road game-home games like the Sox enjoy. Plus, the Sox are always more of a soap opera, and the media looooves a soap opera.italianpatthepatriot said:but are now the Pats 'near' the Red Sox ?
i hope in the next future Pats will become n.1 but i know the Red Sox popularity is enormous in the area.
is it true that the area is 'more' baseball contry then football ?
generally in USA NFL should be n.1 sport if i am correct.
Patjew said:They're not "near" the Sox and they never will be. Not sure why it is, maybe it has to do with the Pats' sorry beginnings. Not that we Pats fans are not ravenous, we just seem to pale in terms of pure numbers. There are many Sox fans everywhere. Can't say the Pats have any road game-home games like the Sox enjoy. Plus, the Sox are always more of a soap opera, and the media looooves a soap opera.
Sorry to say it, we see alot more of those Pats shirts and hats now than we did during the lean years. The Sox stuff never goes away, though, no matter how poor they're doing and how may hearts they break. The Sox are like family around here- everyone has to support them no matter how screwed up they are. Now I feel that way about the Pats, of course, but the sentiment doesn't feel nearly as widespread.italianpatthepatriot said:anyway i was in Boston and the area approx 7-8 days in beginning november and i remember a lot of people with Red Sox and Patriots hats or shirts (more or less at the same level...). Not so much about Bruins and Celtics...
also on my return plane there were two people on the Boeing with Patriots jerseys (one was me but there was another men approx 60 years old).
Patjew said:Sorry to say it, we see alot more of those Pats shirts and hats now than we did during the lean years. The Sox stuff never goes away, though, no matter how poor they're doing and how may hearts they break. The Sox are like family around here- everyone has to support them no matter how screwed up they are. Now I feel that way about the Pats, of course, but the sentiment doesn't feel nearly as widespread.
And no, I'm not calling anyone here a bandwagoner. Just saying that the Sox always seem to be the focus.
mgteich said:A patriot board is probably the worst place for this discussion. However, I don't think the patriots are close. The media focus on the Red Sox because that's what the people want to hear about, and they hire writers and announcers that know about the Red Sox.
The patriots used to be a sad 4th.
With regard to the top professional sport nationwide, I think that it is NASCAR. Again, I don't think it's close.
mgteich said:A patriot board is probably the worst place for this discussion. However, I don't think the patriots are close. The media focus on the Red Sox because that's what the people want to hear about, and they hire writers and announcers that know about the Red Sox.
The patriots used to be a sad 4th.
With regard to the top professional sport nationwide, I think that it is NASCAR. Again, I don't think it's close.
Tunescribe said:I think the NFL trumps NASCAR by quite a bit. College football is pretty high in the mix also. MLB is a distant second to the NFL most everywhere but Boston.