DC Sox Fan
05-14-2005, 12:08 PM
OK, I don't want a team here anymore.
Just kidding, but thanks to Cubdom's arrival I almost feel that way. First, the Washington Post's "Express" (free USA Today style paper that is given out on the Subway system) had stories about the lovable losers, and how devoted there fans are. Pathetic.
Didn't make it to the game last night, but I'm going tonight (wearing Sox hat of course!) We were walking to a bar from the subway last night when we saw a big group of people in front of the Mayflower Hotel. Scrub fans, drunk and rowdy, waiting for their triumphant heroes to return to their hotel. Got to the bar, Scrubbie blue hats everywhere. Fortunately, more Nats fans. I hate to generalize, but these were some of the rudest, most obnoxious people I've run into. One of them nearly knocks me over while flailing his arms wildly, telling the great story of the Cubs and their amazing win over the Nats. I give him what must have been a pretty dirty look. He says "hey don't be mad just because we beat the **** out of your team" laughing. I told him he didn't. He looked perplexed. So I took out my cell phone and showed him my wallpaper (Sox logo of course). He couldn't grasp the fact that I was a Sox fan, saying "nobody watches that team, everyone loves the Cubs", etc. I told him that I actually enjoyed watching baseball, and a good team. Asked him about the Cubs game- how'd they score, who was pitching, etc. Dumbass couldn't tell me. I said oh, BTW SOX won tonight, Burly-mon got his 6th W, great game by Pods, Tadahito, and Hermanson is lights out. Funny how he couldn't tell me anything about a game he was just at, but I knew a lot about the Sox from actually paying attention to games. I know this is a foreign concept to scrub nation, but still...
Of course he ended by saying that "you guys still suck." Damn, what a comeback!
Sorry for the rant, but I needed to get it out here to a place where people could understand and/or relate. I am almost not looking forward to going to tonight's game..
Just kidding, but thanks to Cubdom's arrival I almost feel that way. First, the Washington Post's "Express" (free USA Today style paper that is given out on the Subway system) had stories about the lovable losers, and how devoted there fans are. Pathetic.
Didn't make it to the game last night, but I'm going tonight (wearing Sox hat of course!) We were walking to a bar from the subway last night when we saw a big group of people in front of the Mayflower Hotel. Scrub fans, drunk and rowdy, waiting for their triumphant heroes to return to their hotel. Got to the bar, Scrubbie blue hats everywhere. Fortunately, more Nats fans. I hate to generalize, but these were some of the rudest, most obnoxious people I've run into. One of them nearly knocks me over while flailing his arms wildly, telling the great story of the Cubs and their amazing win over the Nats. I give him what must have been a pretty dirty look. He says "hey don't be mad just because we beat the **** out of your team" laughing. I told him he didn't. He looked perplexed. So I took out my cell phone and showed him my wallpaper (Sox logo of course). He couldn't grasp the fact that I was a Sox fan, saying "nobody watches that team, everyone loves the Cubs", etc. I told him that I actually enjoyed watching baseball, and a good team. Asked him about the Cubs game- how'd they score, who was pitching, etc. Dumbass couldn't tell me. I said oh, BTW SOX won tonight, Burly-mon got his 6th W, great game by Pods, Tadahito, and Hermanson is lights out. Funny how he couldn't tell me anything about a game he was just at, but I knew a lot about the Sox from actually paying attention to games. I know this is a foreign concept to scrub nation, but still...
Of course he ended by saying that "you guys still suck." Damn, what a comeback!
Sorry for the rant, but I needed to get it out here to a place where people could understand and/or relate. I am almost not looking forward to going to tonight's game..