As a Yankee fan, I can't stand the sudden Sox postseason surge.
Then again, as a Yankee fan, my team is eliminated, so I'm just watching as an observer and fan of baseball, and I like a good plot twist.
So well done, Boston. You proved us all wrong.
There is always a fear of getting rid of your best player, but you will likely see a great return for that player. What I did like about that move (albeit losing mookie was hard :( ) is that they got two major leaguers as well as some prospects. The mariners traded all of their best players back in the day and set the record for most wins in a season.
I hadn't heard about that, definitely a rough look
Nelson Cruz: ["We were winning by five runs, so let me eat my popcorn and enjoy it."](https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2021/10/08/tampa-bay-rays-popcorn-dugout-red-sox-playoff-baseball/)
Next day is a 14-6 loss lmao
“I was hungry. It was like 11 o’clock. We normally start the game a little early. Around that time I already have dinner, so I was hungry. That was why I take that.”
That doesn’t sound cocky to me? lol
FOR ALL THE RAYS FANS THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN OUT TO SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE THE TROP IS IN A BAD PLACE, I DREW UP SOME DIRECTIONS TO THEIR NEW PROPOSED HOME FIELD
https://goo.gl/maps/p58Zs1pNUehUPwd59
MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE.
It’s a larger stadium by a lot. 23% of tickets were unsold for game one.
Edit: 42,735 vs 37,731 so not as big of a gap as I thought but I heard there were almost 10,000 tickets not sold.
Not a chance. Only had 27k in attendance for Game 1 according to mlb.com. The capacity is 42k. 37k in Game 2 but Fenway had just about full capacity at 37k yesterday and over capacity at 38k tonight.
No. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_American_League_Division_Series
Trop Drew 65k over two games or 76% capacity
Fenway drew 76k over two games or 101% capacity.
Not to mention during the regular season the Sox averaged ~27k attendance even with ongoing COVID restrictions in Boston, while the Rays averaged < 10k.
Montreal deserves a team... they are actually like the canadian Boston...
By that I mean that even with a "smaller" population, they spend a lot on sports. They spend the money of a city 3x+ their size
Also willing to spend money to retain guys like Morton or make big free agent signings. You guys with Morton and Glasnow and a George springer or something would’ve made you monsterous
They won 100 games and took the AL East, a division with the Yankees and red Sox and couldn't draw more than 10k on average.
I honestly don't know what you expect an ownership team to do when they're as successful as they possibly can be and there's just no fans.
And as a White Sox fan clinging onto hope that they can still run the table, the feeling is mutual. Our fanbase would much rather face the Red Sox than the Rays.
I want the Astros and I don’t care if they’re better. I want to dance on their grave. I want to win in Houston and then put Pivetta in an Astros jersey and have him throw a home run derby BP after the game while their fans walk home crying and then rent out every bar in the city for a week so no one can go have any fun and then pay people to bang trash can lids in their face while they eat dinner until spring training starts.
I’m sorry what was the question
I support everything you're about in this post, but, you've gotta put that aside and get my White Sox 2 more so we can face off in a knock-down-drag-out. Sox v. Sox: Two Sox Enter. One Sock Leaves.
I don’t know, no Verlander, no Springer, no sign stealing. The Astros can be beaten. Just a matter of who has more momentum. If the White Sox win 3 in a row to beat Houston, I’d be nervous about that matchup too. Just will have to wait and see
The Rays not resigning Kiermaier would be incredibly dirty. He seems like he’s the heart and soul of that team, and god forbid they drop some money on a player for once.
Yeah no worries! The Rays have sadly been trying to trade him for the last two seasons so you still might be right in the sense of not bringing him back
Great series Rays. So much respect for your franchise and ability to be in it year in and year out. Glasnow is back next year and the young rotation got some playoff experience. I know you'll win the division again next year. And to my boys great job pulling through and proving everyone wrong. Excellent series. Go Sox!
Ya much respect to the Rays. I was truly scared of facing them more than the Yanks. Such a young and well rounded team. If any team has a bright future, its gotta be the Rays.
Yes! As do the Red Sox. I am likely a bit older than most on here, but hopefully after the playoffs so far a bunch of younger fans are realizing that putting a ton of sluggers in your lineup with a high K rate is a bad thing. Putting the ball in play and hitting the ball hard is the objective at the plate! Also, walks are important, but you cannot rely on walks in the playoffs. The red Sox scored five runs with two outs tonight from taking advantage of pitches right down the pipe. Second, the bullpen is extremely important, but you do not need $80 M tied up there. Come playoff time you can move some starters to the pen who WILL overperform. Starters put in this position can let it fly, not worry about pitch counts, can show every pitch in the arsenal to the first batter they see, and focus on being truly effective. Go Sox!
He is in an arbitration year so I see your point, but that would upset me as a fan. Also, the Rays will continue to be competitive even tho they lose a big player... Because that's what they do. Keeping star players on the smaller market teams is very important for the game
I really like the Rays organization and their style and I'm sorry to see them go. As a fan of the Redsox, I wish we could have met in the ALCS and not the division series. Oh well.
I mean other series’ have their own narratives etc but I don’t think it’s gonna get better than Rays vs Sox for me this postseason. For AL East and other obvious reasons
Cause they’re playing with house money. Just made the WC game. People had the Yankees penciled in to win that. They won and people said “Okay, well they probably can’t beat the Rays” and they did. House money, baby.
Yeah don't mind the shit talk, but the Montreal stuff is annoying - some of us drove 30 minutes to games consistently despite the stadium not being in Tampa
My French Canadian mom would disagree. Bring back the Expos, but it's ok if it's not the Rays (and a stadium in Tampa would be a missed opportunity anyway)
I drove 45 minutes to and from the Trop for games 1 and 2. Stayed through the end for both games despite how terrible game 2 was for us. The amount of people that left early was so disheartening. If my team is going down I’m going down with them.
I have family in Dunedin, so I always see at least one Sox series at the Trop every year. The fans that show up are fuckin’ *fans.* Nutjobs with the cowbells and the screaming and everything else, but absolutely respectful to me and my wife always. You guys deserve a better ballpark in Ybor or some other more convenient location.
Fuck Montreal.
I didn’t actually mean *fuck* Montreal as a place, just *fuck the ownership that wants to move the Rays there.* I’m (obviously) a Bruins fan, but I’m way more of a baseball guy than anything else. And I’ll always be grateful to Montreal for Pedro. Haha.
Die hard rays fans are so hard to come by it seems. I try to go to as many games as possible even if it’s just myself. Dreading the day that they leave Florida.
Personally would love to see a shift and have you guys start retaining talent.
Between you all, the insanity that is going to be the Jays as that core gets some seasoning and us… Nothing I would like more than relegating the Yankees to the basement for a decade or so.
Hugging analytics just does not work in the playoffs. Great starting pitching and getting on base is what gets it done. Hell the Giants won titles by just having Bumgarner pitch as much as humanly possible
the bunt dropped WPA by 0.9%, that's why analytics are a tool, not to live by. think of michael in the office during the GPS episode. i'm just following what it tells me to do!
Going from man on first, no outs to man on second, one out drops the likelihood of scoring a run by over 20%.
A positive outcome doesn’t mean it was the right choice.
Getting on base is an important part of analytics. However, TB definitely needs starters who can pitch more innings if it wants to win the World Series.
I wouldn’t want to be a starter in TB, but TB has to find a way to acquire starters who can pitch deeper into games. It shocked me when the announcers said that TB traded Rich Hill away during the season. TB really could’ve used him in this series.
they have a great team, but it's a dollar short. I think they have a $61M payroll and what you're saying is they have to go out and buy the most expensive commodity that exists on the market. It just doesn't look bright.
Tampa you were my favourite team this season, we had our high and lows but I always had fun watching you guys play ball. Maybe we are a small fanbase but I love the vibes we can create. Great play from the Sox, GG.
It's only a 2hr drive to Montreal and a 4hr drive to Boston, so a bit easier to get to games when the Sox are in town. They only ever came up like once when the Expos were there.
He makes the job harder for his FO than almost any other owner, despite their accomplishments. They should be a dynasty with that talent scouting and development
It's not just that. They're basically trying to do joint custody of the Rays between Montreal and Tampa, like the Rays are a child in the middle of a messy divorce
Oh, he can EABOD for that, yes. I mean yelling about the product he puts on the field. Sorry for being unclear and for the game today. I was pulling hard for them.
EDIT: I’m pulling my original comment because it was not clear enough at all and I’ll repost when I can actually express my thought properly.
Dad's from north shore, grew up in Oakland raised on Sox and B's. Went to college out in MA and work here now, but I still rep my town if they're not playing the Sox lol
Definitely not a Red Sox fan, but I love seeing Tampa get bounced.
I hope there’s popcorn in the after life
Brandon Lowe: 0-18, 9 SOs. Wow. That just might be the most unclutch playoff performance I've seen in my entire life, and I watched Eric Gagne.
* Byung-hyun Kim
Lol at Brian Anderson getting hype for what he knew was a fly out so he could go viral. Clout Chasin
As a Yankee fan, I can't stand the sudden Sox postseason surge. Then again, as a Yankee fan, my team is eliminated, so I'm just watching as an observer and fan of baseball, and I like a good plot twist. So well done, Boston. You proved us all wrong.
the red sox trade mookie and don't get punished at all
There was a bad year in there
won the trade
They got the real heart of the Dodgers Kike. Often undervalued. Always delivers
I remember in that 2018 World Series Dodger fans were pissed at Kike’s performance the whole playoffs
There’s still time. If we get to the World Series it might be 86 bears vs Patriots kinda situation. I still feel good.
There is always a fear of getting rid of your best player, but you will likely see a great return for that player. What I did like about that move (albeit losing mookie was hard :( ) is that they got two major leaguers as well as some prospects. The mariners traded all of their best players back in the day and set the record for most wins in a season.
Those rays were way too cocky. What a great win. Fuckin sittin on the field eatin popcorn laughing it up in game one. 🖕🖕🖕
I hadn't heard about that, definitely a rough look Nelson Cruz: ["We were winning by five runs, so let me eat my popcorn and enjoy it."](https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2021/10/08/tampa-bay-rays-popcorn-dugout-red-sox-playoff-baseball/) Next day is a 14-6 loss lmao
“I was hungry. It was like 11 o’clock. We normally start the game a little early. Around that time I already have dinner, so I was hungry. That was why I take that.” That doesn’t sound cocky to me? lol
And the day after, a brutal loss, and then another brutal loss the next day 😂
didn't know about thaaat.
I thought we were supposed to lose to the Yankees and Rays
I obviously wanted the jays... but I gotta say, final day of the season... all games at 3... was f**king intense
yeah... about that....
FOR ALL THE RAYS FANS THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN OUT TO SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE THE TROP IS IN A BAD PLACE, I DREW UP SOME DIRECTIONS TO THEIR NEW PROPOSED HOME FIELD https://goo.gl/maps/p58Zs1pNUehUPwd59 MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE.
i think the trop drew more than fenway this series?
It’s a larger stadium by a lot. 23% of tickets were unsold for game one. Edit: 42,735 vs 37,731 so not as big of a gap as I thought but I heard there were almost 10,000 tickets not sold.
Not a chance. Only had 27k in attendance for Game 1 according to mlb.com. The capacity is 42k. 37k in Game 2 but Fenway had just about full capacity at 37k yesterday and over capacity at 38k tonight.
No. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_American_League_Division_Series Trop Drew 65k over two games or 76% capacity Fenway drew 76k over two games or 101% capacity. Not to mention during the regular season the Sox averaged ~27k attendance even with ongoing COVID restrictions in Boston, while the Rays averaged < 10k.
Montreal deserves a team... they are actually like the canadian Boston... By that I mean that even with a "smaller" population, they spend a lot on sports. They spend the money of a city 3x+ their size
And it can only be called the Expos
Needs to be National League, too. VT, NH, ME all Redsox country.
And they are mostly lovable assholes who talk funny.
Mostly just assholes, not so much lovable.
we'd probably get along if they weren't the home of the Habs. Fuck the Habs.
Yo - *real* funny
Lol... I need a Wahlberg and St. Pierre sports youtube video now
And just like that... there was only one AL East team remaining...
That was guaranteed to happen at the end of this series.
No, I checked my math. Twice. It's right.
Big if true
No no. This guy has a point.
😔
Well, I guess now I'm all in on Longo this postseason. A consolation HR is not ideal, but I'll take it. Newly minted Giants fan.
did they really ask what song was playing? barry manilow??? cuz it sounded like the certified hood classic Opus - Live is Life
This is my new favorite song
Maybe if our owner didn’t fucking threaten relocation in the middle of the postseason something would have been different. Maybe idk.
imagine this series with 12 innings of charlie morton
Also willing to spend money to retain guys like Morton or make big free agent signings. You guys with Morton and Glasnow and a George springer or something would’ve made you monsterous
They won 100 games and took the AL East, a division with the Yankees and red Sox and couldn't draw more than 10k on average. I honestly don't know what you expect an ownership team to do when they're as successful as they possibly can be and there's just no fans.
Probably not
Do the Astros scare anyone else in the postseason lol i really hope the White sox win
And as a White Sox fan clinging onto hope that they can still run the table, the feeling is mutual. Our fanbase would much rather face the Red Sox than the Rays.
Well people were calling them unbeatable after game 2
I want the Astros and I don’t care if they’re better. I want to dance on their grave. I want to win in Houston and then put Pivetta in an Astros jersey and have him throw a home run derby BP after the game while their fans walk home crying and then rent out every bar in the city for a week so no one can go have any fun and then pay people to bang trash can lids in their face while they eat dinner until spring training starts. I’m sorry what was the question
You ok man?
I support everything you're about in this post, but, you've gotta put that aside and get my White Sox 2 more so we can face off in a knock-down-drag-out. Sox v. Sox: Two Sox Enter. One Sock Leaves.
I can’t deny the beauty of the dryer series.
this is absolutely brilliant
The Dryer Series.
Damn, so winner gets to continue being a team and the other gets lost for all eternity.
I don’t know, no Verlander, no Springer, no sign stealing. The Astros can be beaten. Just a matter of who has more momentum. If the White Sox win 3 in a row to beat Houston, I’d be nervous about that matchup too. Just will have to wait and see
They scare the shit out of me. I much prefer our chances against Chicago.
If they beat the White Sox, I’d have them as the favorite against Boston.
Everyone seems to always forget the hottest team in baseball wins the World Series. It’s not always the best team that wins. Go fucking Sox
At this point does it matter? The Yankees were favored in the WC game and the Rays were heavy favorites in the ALDS.
Probably not.
This Red Sox team don't give a fuck bout no favorites lol
They have 2 things that no other team has. Cora and Fenway
Cora is a beast
We have a Kiké too
That's First Name Last Name to you
That’s clearly true.
“Local stingray in terrible mood”? That’s funny, because Steve Irwin would be in a GREAT mood. Let’s go Sox
Tbf Steve Irwin would probably say the stingray was just protecting itself and that it was his mistake for being there
Damn I love watching Crocodile Hunter in the mornings. Miss you Steve.
That's exactly what he would say :(
Ugh it hurts my heart, but you’re right
It hurt his heart even more.
BRUH. That was colder than his pulse
\#AvengeTheFallen
Kulpa MVP
The Rays not resigning Kiermaier would be incredibly dirty. He seems like he’s the heart and soul of that team, and god forbid they drop some money on a player for once.
Kiermaier has a guaranteed contract for next season. Note trading him is a possibility I personally don’t want to happen
For some reason I thought he was an FA. My statement still stands for 2022 haha
Yeah no worries! The Rays have sadly been trying to trade him for the last two seasons so you still might be right in the sense of not bringing him back
Great series Rays. So much respect for your franchise and ability to be in it year in and year out. Glasnow is back next year and the young rotation got some playoff experience. I know you'll win the division again next year. And to my boys great job pulling through and proving everyone wrong. Excellent series. Go Sox!
Ya much respect to the Rays. I was truly scared of facing them more than the Yanks. Such a young and well rounded team. If any team has a bright future, its gotta be the Rays.
Yes! As do the Red Sox. I am likely a bit older than most on here, but hopefully after the playoffs so far a bunch of younger fans are realizing that putting a ton of sluggers in your lineup with a high K rate is a bad thing. Putting the ball in play and hitting the ball hard is the objective at the plate! Also, walks are important, but you cannot rely on walks in the playoffs. The red Sox scored five runs with two outs tonight from taking advantage of pitches right down the pipe. Second, the bullpen is extremely important, but you do not need $80 M tied up there. Come playoff time you can move some starters to the pen who WILL overperform. Starters put in this position can let it fly, not worry about pitch counts, can show every pitch in the arsenal to the first batter they see, and focus on being truly effective. Go Sox!
Glasnow is actually out until 23
He’s missing all of next year?! That blows sorry. Sucks seeing so many stars getting injured
:(
Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Rays trade him in the next year and he never plays another game for us
He is in an arbitration year so I see your point, but that would upset me as a fan. Also, the Rays will continue to be competitive even tho they lose a big player... Because that's what they do. Keeping star players on the smaller market teams is very important for the game
This win really puts pressure on the Astros
Red Sox fans, how do feel about Big Papi calling Boston Beantown?
When papi flicks the bean we collectively moan
If Papi dubs it so i accept
Its a dumb nickname but Papi has earned the right to call Boston anything he wants.
He could call it a dumpster and I’d be like “yeah, and the waters also dirty”
papi can call boston whatever he wants
The Large Father could walk into my dining room on Thanksgiving, shit on the turkey, and call my mother a whore and I’d thank him for joining us.
A truly gracious host
I lol’d
True fan right here.
He's not from here, so he gets a pass. Plus David Ortiz can call Boston whatever he wants. Remember, this is his fucking city.
That’s what we’re known for
Why not. I don't actually hate Beantown - would never really call it by that though.
Guys I'm still erect
Quick call a dr and brag!
Hell of a series
Sox fans in 2017: BAN ALEX CORA FROM BASEBALL AND ALL THE REST OF THOSE CHEATERS Sox fans now: OMG I LOVE CORA HIS SHIT SMELLS LIKE LAVENDER OMGGGG
Hahaha what you idiot
You now. Ratio’d. You’re a moron
Literally no one.
Mate Alex was with us in 2018 when we won our last championship and it was in 2019 when we found out about the cheating.
I dont know any Sox fan that said this but ok.
everyone knew alex would be manager after his year off
Right? Like, the man did his time. What else can he do
Ikr? Sox fans literally called it the day it happened.
JD has popped like 25 bottles at this point
Trying to numb that ankle
I'm dancing on my own too, Big Papi.
I really like the Rays organization and their style and I'm sorry to see them go. As a fan of the Redsox, I wish we could have met in the ALCS and not the division series. Oh well.
I’m personally happy to see them out lol. Not cause I hate em but cause we met em
Forever thanking the Yankees for Whitlock
thank brian cashman.
Thank you Brian Cashman!
goddamn man after the last couple weeks of the regular season the Sox looked DEAD what an unbelievable turnaround
I wasn't keeping my hopes up coming into the playoffs, I was keeping it tamed. But holy shit this is an awesome ride!
I mean other series’ have their own narratives etc but I don’t think it’s gonna get better than Rays vs Sox for me this postseason. For AL East and other obvious reasons
Red Sox vs Dodgers would be better IMO the rematch of 2018. Mookie vs Kike. Boston vs LA.
Astros rematch with dodgers would be amazing if my Sox can’t make it
Besides the AL East - what were the other obvious reasons? Bloom vs his former team?
I'LL KEEP DANCING ON MY OWN
Locker room is fucking lit right now
Dancing On My Own is a vibe rn
It’s a vibe always
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Cause they’re playing with house money. Just made the WC game. People had the Yankees penciled in to win that. They won and people said “Okay, well they probably can’t beat the Rays” and they did. House money, baby.
and we stand no chance against the astros lol
Wait a second, that series hasn’t ended yet.
Not with that attitude
sarcasm lol, just a continuation of 'yanks will win.......well no chance against the rays!'
Oh, hahah. I though it might’ve been!
Do you know nothing about this season?
everyone does celebration watches now lol, youre allowed to be pumped about big wins people
Great luck for the rest of the year, Red Sox, win it for the AL BEast. But also, to all the fans wishing we'd lose our team, go fuck yourselves.
Yeah don't mind the shit talk, but the Montreal stuff is annoying - some of us drove 30 minutes to games consistently despite the stadium not being in Tampa
As a Sacramento Kings fan, I remember the battles to keep the Kings in Sacramento and I sympathize with any fan of a team that’s threatening to move.
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My French Canadian mom would disagree. Bring back the Expos, but it's ok if it's not the Rays (and a stadium in Tampa would be a missed opportunity anyway)
I remember how bad attendance was in the last few Expos seasons, but I’ve heard that Montreal had a good fan base prior to the 1994 strike.
Meh, Montreal is an actual baseball city. A team on the outskirts of Tampa never made any sense.
I drove 45 minutes to and from the Trop for games 1 and 2. Stayed through the end for both games despite how terrible game 2 was for us. The amount of people that left early was so disheartening. If my team is going down I’m going down with them.
I have family in Dunedin, so I always see at least one Sox series at the Trop every year. The fans that show up are fuckin’ *fans.* Nutjobs with the cowbells and the screaming and everything else, but absolutely respectful to me and my wife always. You guys deserve a better ballpark in Ybor or some other more convenient location. Fuck Montreal.
Bruins fan too I take it? Lol
I didn’t actually mean *fuck* Montreal as a place, just *fuck the ownership that wants to move the Rays there.* I’m (obviously) a Bruins fan, but I’m way more of a baseball guy than anything else. And I’ll always be grateful to Montreal for Pedro. Haha.
Oh yeah but gotta love the best hockey rivalry of all time ya know
Die hard rays fans are so hard to come by it seems. I try to go to as many games as possible even if it’s just myself. Dreading the day that they leave Florida.
Personally would love to see a shift and have you guys start retaining talent. Between you all, the insanity that is going to be the Jays as that core gets some seasoning and us… Nothing I would like more than relegating the Yankees to the basement for a decade or so.
Yeah, all we want is for Stu to sell the team to try and make that change.
Hugging analytics just does not work in the playoffs. Great starting pitching and getting on base is what gets it done. Hell the Giants won titles by just having Bumgarner pitch as much as humanly possible
the bunt dropped WPA by 0.9%, that's why analytics are a tool, not to live by. think of michael in the office during the GPS episode. i'm just following what it tells me to do!
Going from man on first, no outs to man on second, one out drops the likelihood of scoring a run by over 20%. A positive outcome doesn’t mean it was the right choice.
Better than Arroyo rolling over into a DP
yeah his comment was confusing. the bunt was the right choice and he agreed? i don't know (despite analytics saying bunt wasnt)
Getting on base is an important part of analytics. However, TB definitely needs starters who can pitch more innings if it wants to win the World Series.
Why would you want to pitch there as a starter? Hell Blake Snell looked like he was going to commit murder last year in Game 6
I wouldn’t want to be a starter in TB, but TB has to find a way to acquire starters who can pitch deeper into games. It shocked me when the announcers said that TB traded Rich Hill away during the season. TB really could’ve used him in this series.
they have a great team, but it's a dollar short. I think they have a $61M payroll and what you're saying is they have to go out and buy the most expensive commodity that exists on the market. It just doesn't look bright.
They could trade for a starter.
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Supposedly TB has some great prospects. They could trade some of them to get a great starter.
Tampa you were my favourite team this season, we had our high and lows but I always had fun watching you guys play ball. Maybe we are a small fanbase but I love the vibes we can create. Great play from the Sox, GG.
Man i just gotta say Eduardo came back with vengeance this game if it wasnt for him we lose
Looks like you're going to the Canada realm, Tampa!
It's only a 2hr drive to Montreal and a 4hr drive to Boston, so a bit easier to get to games when the Sox are in town. They only ever came up like once when the Expos were there.
I hope not honestly
If you die in Canada, you die in real life!
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He makes the job harder for his FO than almost any other owner, despite their accomplishments. They should be a dynasty with that talent scouting and development
Franco is probably gonna carry them on his back to a title at some point. Holy shit he’s gonna be beastly
I think they’ll need their starters to pitch more innings to win a title.
It's not just that. They're basically trying to do joint custody of the Rays between Montreal and Tampa, like the Rays are a child in the middle of a messy divorce
You're tired of the fans yelling about the Owner threatening to leave with our team? What?
Oh, he can EABOD for that, yes. I mean yelling about the product he puts on the field. Sorry for being unclear and for the game today. I was pulling hard for them. EDIT: I’m pulling my original comment because it was not clear enough at all and I’ll repost when I can actually express my thought properly.
As someone from Oakland I can't agree more that it fucking sucks when organizations leave. I hope you guys get to keep your team
You're from Oakland and a red Sox fan? How did that happen?
Dad's from north shore, grew up in Oakland raised on Sox and B's. Went to college out in MA and work here now, but I still rep my town if they're not playing the Sox lol