J. D. Drew

[ohms_law]

Oh? Why not?

[BM_MAN]

Oh? Why not?

3 Games do not = 14 Million. Need to do it all year

[ohms_law]

It does when those 3 games are the deciding factor for the entire season.

[BM_MAN]

It does when those 3 games are the deciding factor for the entire season.

In my Eyes that is not Worth 14 Million Dollars

[HoustonGM]

Game 7, World Series, down by 1, runner on third, bottom of the 9th inning, 2 outs..

The hitter hits a home run.

Is that swing worth 14 million dollars?

[BM_MAN]

Game 7, World Series, down by 1, runner on third, bottom of the 9th inning, 2 outs..

The hitter hits a home run.

Is that swing worth 14 million dollars?

If he done nothing all year - NO, Those it would be worth a Few Mil

[ohms_law]

OK. If you say so.

[FRENCHREDSOX]

How was he part of the reason for the tight finish?

That is an easy one....his lack of production lead to more losses than otherwise, IF he had batted just average RF league numbers.

He hit .342/.454/.618 with 4 HR and 18 RBI in September.

The Red Sox went 15-11 in September.

The Red Sox really played no part in the tight finish. They never stopped winning. The Yankees simply played outstanding. .

That would be wonderful if the Sox played 162 games in September........

Easy. Their lead would have been bigger, and they would have been less likely to cough up leads if he were hitting all season long. The season isn't 30 days long. Lugo sucked too. We had two "leadoff hitters" batting 8 and 9 for most of the season, and our number 5 was actually number 2.

Yes Dan - which is what I said originally.....

[robinhoodnik]

I hate the Sox. Their bandwagon fans (no offense to those on here) are the worst. I went to like three Sox/M's games this year and heard tons of people with no Eastern accents screaming and cheering for Boston. It's really infuriating.

A lot of them went to college in Boston. Used to be an affordable evening out. Go to the game, have a few beers, wander back to the dorm drunk. That's how the Red Sox fans got so spread out.

[boomboom]

I hate the Sox. Their bandwagon fans (no offense to those on here) are the worst. I went to like three Sox/M's games this year and heard tons of people with no Eastern accents screaming and cheering for Boston. It's really infuriating.

Talka bout Bandwagon fans in Seattle. If we aint winning, people don't go to games..sonic games?

As for the Mariners, where were the fans in the 80-92'?

Personally I hate Boston more than the yankees. At least the yankees have had good owners since the 1920's (generally speaking). And Stienbrenner is a win at no cost owner. I wish more owners were like that.

[robinhoodnik]

Personally I hate Boston more than the yankees.

Still smarting over that little 20 K game?

[Swampdog]

I have never been aware of Boston having "bandwagon" fans. Personally, I have been a sox fan since I was a child. When the Red Sox are eliminated, the season is basically over for me. On the other hand, any team that is successful will have casual fans jump on that "bandwagon", so to speak. There were Chicago Bulls fans, because of Jordan.... and when MJ left, and the championships stopped...those fans left. These are not what the purists refer to as "true" fans, and I agree with them.

[Coach Owens]

Talka bout Bandwagon fans in Seattle. If we aint winning, people don't go to games..sonic games?

The type of bandwagon fans that I'm talking about are the ones that live in the cities of the team that the Red Sox are playing who's team sucks and so they see the Red Sox's record and decide to cheer for them instead of their hometown team. Those people are morons.

[HoustonGM]

The type of bandwagon fans that I'm talking about are the ones that live in the cities of the team that the Red Sox are playing who's team sucks and so they see the Red Sox's record and decide to cheer for them instead of their hometown team. Those people are morons.

But you're just assuming that anybody that lives in that city that's cheering for the "opposing" Red Sox is doing it because they're winning. You don't know the first thing about any of those fans. They all very well could be true Red Sox fans. Perhaps they used to live in Boston, went to college in Boston (like robinhoodnik said), simply like Boston despite not being from there, etc. Just because someone is from a certain city, Seattle in your case, doesn't mean that they're obligated to root for that city's team, nor does it mean that if they root for another team, specifically a winning one, they're doing so because of the winning record.

[Coach Owens]

But you're just assuming that anybody that lives in that city that's cheering for the "opposing" Red Sox is doing it because they're winning. You don't know the first thing about any of those fans. They all very well could be true Red Sox fans. Perhaps they used to live in Boston, went to college in Boston (like robinhoodnik said), simply like Boston despite not being from there, etc. Just because someone is from a certain city, Seattle in your case, doesn't mean that they're obligated to root for that city's team, nor does it mean that if they root for another team, specifically a winning one, they're doing so because of the winning record.

So, you're saying that there's 10,000 people without accents, who just happen to have lived in Boston or have gone to college in Boston? I doubt it.