By Matt Sebek / Tuesday, June 24, 2008
damonaffleck.jpgFor the first time in the history of sport, New York sports fans have built an alliance with the rest of the sports world.  That alliance is backed by the undeniable hatred for the city of Boston.

Although Boston's dominance across the modern sports world has been covered ad nauseum, it rings especially true in the city of St. Louis.

We haven't forgiven them for the Rams-Patriots in '01...the Cards-Sox in '04...and the Damon-Affleck in, well, whenever.

We can't escape it.  We even had to watch Paul Pierce and the boys frolic around Fenway Park and celebrate their recent NBA Championship before Friday night's inter-league match between the Sox and the Cardinals.  The Boston jamboree continues, and we don't even have a basketball team here in the Gateway City.

In the span of 10 years, attitude towards the entire city of Boston has shifted from empathy...to jealousy...to complete abhorrence.

Bean Town's new found expectation for greatness is irksome...so much that our fan hunters spotted the man below at Friday's Red Sox/Cardinals game.

It's been 35 years since the Bruins last NHL Championship, and hockey has been over for a month...but that didn't stop this die-hard from donning his favorite sweater at Fenway Park. 

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The only saving grace in the picture above is the gentleman sitting behind Joe Hockey Fan - who looks like he's about to get a 5 minute major with a game misconduct for unnecessary roughness.

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Posted By Shecky / 05:05:00 PM - June 25, 2008
So Mike Timlin owns a Bruin jersey...what's the big deal?
Posted By Shecky / 05:04:59 PM - June 25, 2008
So Mike Timlin owns a Bruin jersey...what's the big deal?
Posted By Glen "Kane" Jacobs / 04:38:52 PM - June 25, 2008
What do I have to do with this?
Posted By Mark D / 03:36:57 PM - June 24, 2008
Is the guy on the left in that absurdly striped polo sporting a fu manchu? He kind of reminds me of Clue Haywood from Major League.... "Heywood leads the league in most offensive categories, including nose hair..."
Posted By Patrick / 03:34:22 PM - June 24, 2008
"Mike Sacobs" ... that's funny stuff.
Posted By Rocky Mtn Highball / 03:30:41 PM - June 24, 2008
I as well used to be empathetic to the plights of Red Sox nation. That is, until Mommy and Daddy Rich Cape-Codder and their young newlywed kids sat in front of me at Coors Field for Game 3 of last year's Fall Classic. The chick had on a ring that had more carrats than Bugs could shake a couple buck teeth at! They were constantly ripping on Denver the entire game, and were generally annoying in ways only the casual baseball fan who spends a couple grand to say they went to a World Series game can be. But, as I look at the "2000-01 Boston Bruins Team Photo" tacked up on my cubicle a smile appears on my face...you see, someone Photoshopped Ray Bourque holding the Cup aloft into that "team photo." The captions below read: "ROW 2 - Loser, Loser, Loser, Loser, Loser, RAY BOURQUE!" The other rows are identified as either "Losers" or "Suits"...classic! Then there's the shirt I bought outside of Yankee Stadium last month: "Hey Boston fans, there never really was a curse, your team just always sucked!"
Posted By JD Drew / 02:55:25 PM - June 24, 2008
Some personal observations...1) the sign- is it too much to ask that people that feel the need to make signs observe at least one rule: all caps or all lower case. No mixing. And what's with the "J"? Was starting to write "Mr. Sacobs" then remembered the correct spelling? 2) The gentlemen to the right with the white 'hair' looks as if a gentle breeze could blow that cocoon right off his head. 3) Two guys in the bottom right...both with eye searing white hats...the guy on the right is going with the Tarkanian towel...at least he came prepared. 4) Finally, a couple rows back of "guys in very white hats"...you have the omnipresent pink Boston hat...for the ladies. Because nothing screams Major League Baseball like pink lids on hot chicks.
Posted By JS / 02:36:18 PM - June 24, 2008
I write signs liKE THAT SOMETImes. Let's go all capITAL letters. No, wait, LETS NOt.
Posted By Jason / 02:19:25 PM - June 24, 2008
90 degree weather in June is a great time of the season to wear a hockey jersey.
Posted By Ernest / 02:14:01 PM - June 24, 2008
The old guy in the lower right corner looks like he's in the first moments of a stroke. Either that, or his last Fenway Frank just ain't sittin' right.
Posted By bk / 01:41:53 PM - June 24, 2008
If he's wearing a Bobby Orr jersey, that's another middle finger to St. Louis.
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