We are all Tampa Bay Rays.
Ok, it's not John Kennedy at the Brandenburg Gates, but the moment is not lost.
I must admit, I was nervous watching the Rays-Sox. It wasn't schendenfreude (My German is on fire!) either.
I like the Rays, it's kind of like watching the future New York Yankees play. They passed the first test, they beat the Red Sox.
Now for some schendenfreude : I wanted the Red Sox fan to be miserable, thus giving me joy. A perfectly natural state of existence for Yankee fans these days.
Misery loves company. Now, we can laugh at Red Sox fans for losing to the Rays (how do you lose to the Rays?) while ignoring the fact that they beat us (yes, US) so bad we didn't even make the postseason.
Only a true Yankee fan can thread the needles. Only a Yankee fan can make the Red Sox fan feel worse for having been in the playoff instead of going home in early October. It's going to work, if you are an angry Red Sox fan reading this, it already has. All Yankee fans need to go up to their employees and (Yankee fans are the bosses, Sox are the workers) and needle their minions.
It's good for baseball that the Hatfield and McCoys have to sit out the Fall Classic for a change.
1 comment:
Needle away John. It sucks but I am really not that upset because I actually like the rays for some reason. It is a good story and the red sox were way too flawed this year to go all the way. The Yanks not even being in the race or playoffs this year probably helped your job and writing due to the fact you could actually concentrate on what you are doing without any late night distractions. The one downside for you is if your team were in the ALCS Joba woulnd't have gotten a dui. I still love that Hank was really quick to forgive. If that was a crappy end of the bench player I am sure he wouldn't have had the same reaction. He is too funny.
Go Sox! Yanks still suck!
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