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XHonusWagnerX
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Siczine.com
| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
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And when you live in a city where 20% of the population are at or below the poverty line, little things like your team winning mean a lot. But I
guess if you live in rich, white suburban area its hard to understand that. |
I dont live in a rich area at all and I am far from rich which is another reason that sports piss me off. Even if I DID want to goto a game, I would
be lucky if I could afoard to go. What if its a family that really wants to goto Fenway Park for a game. With tickets, parking, food and maybe a
program they would be lucky if it wasnt a $300+ night out. What familys can aforad that? Not mine!
I guess Im wrong, but i would think that more working class people would resent the whole thing. |
Fenway Park must be a lot more expensive than Citizens Bank Park, a family of four can get tickets for less $60 unless you want to have lower level
seats that is. And with that said, most working class families either go to games when their bosses give them tickets or maybe once or twice a year
because they can't afford to go on vacation. Shit I'm lucky if I make it to 3 Phillies games a year and usually when I do go it's free tickets.
And you don't have to go to a game to be a fan, I've never been to an Eagles game yet I follow them like crazy. |
Fenway is the most expensive park in MLB.
We just see things differently and thats cool. Sorry if what I said sounded totally obnoxious. I know it probably came off that way.
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HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
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The Louis vs Schmeling fight is a perfect example of the "we won" mentality and how important athletes can be to the working class. I see no problem
with saying we are playing or we won because without US those times are nothing. Regardless of how distant it may be people still have an emotional
and monetary investment into their favorite teams/athletes, which should at the least give them a sense of entitlement. Plus the feeling of being
something bigger. Just like a bunch of punks singing and dancin at a show. I get a fuckin rush when I'm surrouned by 10,000 people and we are all
screaming for our favorite team. I think that, although many sports players are completely overpaid, they play a very important role in society. And
if you look at alot of many sports greats they come from middle/lower class roots so its easy to feel a connection.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
| Quote: | Originally posted by Siczine.com
| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
| Quote: | Originally posted by Siczine.com
And when you live in a city where 20% of the population are at or below the poverty line, little things like your team winning mean a lot. But I
guess if you live in rich, white suburban area its hard to understand that. |
I dont live in a rich area at all and I am far from rich which is another reason that sports piss me off. Even if I DID want to goto a game, I would
be lucky if I could afoard to go. What if its a family that really wants to goto Fenway Park for a game. With tickets, parking, food and maybe a
program they would be lucky if it wasnt a $300+ night out. What familys can aforad that? Not mine!
I guess Im wrong, but i would think that more working class people would resent the whole thing. |
Fenway Park must be a lot more expensive than Citizens Bank Park, a family of four can get tickets for less $60 unless you want to have lower level
seats that is. And with that said, most working class families either go to games when their bosses give them tickets or maybe once or twice a year
because they can't afford to go on vacation. Shit I'm lucky if I make it to 3 Phillies games a year and usually when I do go it's free tickets.
And you don't have to go to a game to be a fan, I've never been to an Eagles game yet I follow them like crazy. |
Fenway is the most expensive park in MLB.
We just see things differently and thats cool. Sorry if what I said sounded totally obnoxious. I know it probably came off that way.
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Indeed.
Some of the things I said could come off just as much if not more obnxious, what can you do?
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I think the biggest part of the Red Sox fan douchebaggery is that Boston is a HUGE college town. What can you do?
I see a lot of real Sox fans that have some class. I see the same with some Yankees fans. It's unfortunate that there has to be such pettiness
amongst fans. Some morons should take themselves out of sports fandom and throw themselves off a bridge to cleanse the genepool.
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chris
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DeathByForce
I think the biggest part of the Red Sox fan douchebaggery is that Boston is a HUGE college town. What can you do?
I see a lot of real Sox fans that have some class. I see the same with some Yankees fans. It's unfortunate that there has to be such pettiness
amongst fans. Some morons should take themselves out of sports fandom and throw themselves off a bridge to cleanse the genepool.
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Seriously, the amount of numbnuts who come to this city, and do stupid things on mommy and daddy's dime, is rediculous and shouldn't be a reflection
on the rest of us.
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XHonusWagnerX
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$10 for reserved seating
$6 for bleachers and upperdeck
and its about a 15 minute walk from my house.
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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chris
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I didn't realize you lived in the bucket. Love minor league games though, my brother lived in Portland last year, and I got to see Bucholtz and
Ellsbury there early in the season.
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XHonusWagnerX
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chris
I didn't realize you lived in the bucket. Love minor league games though, my brother lived in Portland last year, and I got to see Bucholtz and
Ellsbury there early in the season. |
yup... I live in Pawtucket right over the South Attlebor line right off of 95.
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by juandiablo
The Red Sox irritate me........ |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
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$10 for reserved seating
$6 for bleachers and upperdeck
and its about a 15 minute walk from my house. |
Exactly.... MLB = Grown men playing baseball. MINORS = grown men playing baseball. It's all the same to me. If you are a poor family, just take
the kids out to the Paw Socks and tell them it's the Red Socks. They'll love it! 
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