Bryan, So what I’m about to tell you I’ve been meaning to get off my chest for years, and who better to tell than Bryan Williams…I have been a closet Red Sox fan for many years. Let’s face it. It’s not easy to be me when I admit this. And I’m fully aware of all of the ramifications resulting in my outing. A Missouri guy admitting he likes a team on the east coast is credibility suicide, especially when you’ve grown up a legitimate Royals fan who could tell you every 5th starter in the team’s history.
But here’s the thing, I legitimately like how they put their team together every year. Just take the pitching staff this year. It’s hard to argue with Beckett, Lester, Penny, Smoltz, and Wakefield to man your rotation. To be able to throw in those veterans when Dice-K gets hurt, and still have a Clay Buchholz in Pawtucket. That’s just how you should do it. And then to finish off games with Ramirez and Papelbon is just not even fair. They could win the division with that pitching staff alone. God knows the Yankees aren’t even close to that level right now.This is not even mentioning all of their High OBP guys like Youkilis, and Bay, Drew, and Ellsbury. And then add slug with Big Papi. Then throw in Pedroia and Lugo’s defense, and still have Lowrie in AAA. Also, their bench alone would lead every Royals offensive statistic, and Baldelli would be their team MVP.
So here’s really the thing. It’s hard for me to admit any of this for fear of being considered a bandwagon fan. These are things that I don’t like to tell people. I’ve mentioned once or twice a little hint of all this to Tommy, but he tore me up something fierce so I knew I couldn’t tell him anymore than I had to. So I just decided to put the idea out of my mind.
But I’ve been thinking about buying a Red Sox hat for like 6 years now and I still don’t know if it’s a good idea or not. What are your thoughts? See, everybody and their brother is a Red Sox fan, but it’s mostly because it’s the trendy thing to be. And I don’t want to be thought of as “cool” or “trendy” just because the Red Sox are. I legitimately like the team purely for baseball reasons alone. I couldn’t care less what Papelbon thinks of Manny, or whatever controversy Varitek is involved in, I just flat out like the squad.
I’m the type of guy that doesn’t understand why Worcester is pronounced the way it is and I’ve never eaten a bowl of clam chowder, I thought the movie Summer Catch was a little cheesedick, but I remember as a kid always being intrigued with the Troy O’Leary, Darren Bragg, Mike Greenwell outfield. Anyways, the Royals have always sucked my whole life and I swear to God if I have to watch another game with both Tony Pena and Ryan Freel in the same lineup, I’m going to throw up.
Just so you know, if I were to buy a hat, it would be the official game “new era” with the Boston “B”. I would not even consider buying anything that looks like its old and torn up, or anything with the word Fenway or Yawkey on it, or anything that references the 1918 world series. I will also not be buying anything with a cloverleaf on it or anything resembling any shade of the color green. Your thoughts on any of this?
Oh yeah, I also really liked the movie Fever Pitch.
Aaron
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