I wrote a diary a couple months back on Red Sox "Nation." If you didn't see it then you should go back and read it with its accompanying article.

I hate the ignorant douche bags so much.

in the last few years they've be come nearly the same self-entitled blow hards that they complained of the yankees for so long.

http://www.letsgotribe.com/story/2007/9/3/18236/64655

The article in there is really good.

I find their reaction totally unremarkable.  I have little doubt Indians fans would be saying the same thing were our positions reversed.

here here! I hate the sox, I hate the Yankees, I hate the Tigers and the White Sox and I care nothing for any of their fans no matter how intelligent and respectful I'm told they may be.

Yankees fans and Red Sox fans are more alike than Red Sox fans and Indians fans are. God. typing about that stupid fan nation is boiling me right up....I need a drink.

Its hard to hate some one when all they do is do things the right way.  Now if they cheat or do things to subvert the laws of baseball I will be the first to crush down on them.

Guys, lay off.  Boston as a city hasn't had it very easy this past month or so.  They could have really used this break, if nothing more than as a morale boost.

Pretty much all the so called NEW DEVILS, the HATED RED SOX NATION over at over the wall had good things to say about C.C.  I think this hatred comes from that loser that grew up in New England moved away after crying as a kid when the ball went threw Buckners legs and now feels guilty for giving up on his team.  Now this loser tries to cover up the fact that they were a deserter with over zealous superlatives and adjectives to describe his SOX.  This person is not a true Sox fan, a real fan doesn't rub it in because they really suffered when they didn't finish it off.  I don't hate these so called Sox fans, I laugh at them because they are the same idiots that call all the radio stations saying Francona is an Idiot and that Manny and Ortiz sucks.  Don't be mad, be happy you aren't this type of fool.

There are plenty of idiots out there.  I read the comments to the Fox Sports article on the story, and there was smoke coming out of my ears.

Then I realized that the morons posting there didn't even know WHEN the vote was taken, that it had to do with the regular season or how much better C.C. was in several categories.  

I visited OTM and found an article on the board congratulating C.C. and the vast majority of the comments to it doing the same.  A few did point out that the Red Sox got the more desirable hardware this year, but I knew that already - and so did C.C.  Still, there was some class to it.

Next, I visited PA for the evil empire's perspective on this story ... there was none.  No article, no diary post.  It seem that in the land of pinstripes, if a Yankee didn't win the award there's no need to acknowledge that it was even given out.

Boston Globe had a good article on the Cy Young award. It featured a graphic showing 7 stats [w/l, era, so, innings, qual starts, k/bb, and opp. avg]. CC led in 5 of 7. Article focused on John Farrell's comments (obviously positive) and pointed out that the balloting occurs before the postseason. I mostly see classy fans around here who understand the sport pretty well.

Here's the difference.

When I visit Cleveland, about 3 times a year, I soak as much of the various sports as I can. I talk to cab drivers, friends, family members, people in the various bars all over Lakewood, etc....and the average sports fan I talk to generally has a respectful atittude towards sports in general, ackowledges the talent on other squads, knows the weaknesses within their own, etc. It's a pleasant conversation.

I live in New England, and meeting an intelligent Red Sox/Yankee fan is 1 in 100. Its not just the forums, its not just the people on the radio, but...

THE VAST majority of casual fans in this area are disrespectful, front-running, idiots. The guys over at OTM must have all the intelligent baseball fans in New England.

It's almost comical listening to WEEI, the local station; the hosts are extremely well grounded and enjoyable to listen to, and they spend most of the show arguing with their own callers and trying to reason with the folks. It's too bad, because I actually like listening to their opinions.

The point of the article was not recommend trolling on other message boards or picking fights, but it was my last straw....after the 4-5 cell phone messages of people calling my voicemail to GLOAT after the sox won game 7, i'm not swallowing my comments next year when the Indians break a stool off in the collective Sox *.

-Fin.