Post by nancybotwin on Oct 23, 2013 8:30:09 GMT -5
My boss is a diehard Cards fan and I am a loyal Sox fan. There MIGHT be a banner hanging in her office this morning with the Red Sox logo...I wonder who could have snuck it in there?!
Post by firedancer49 on Oct 23, 2013 8:30:18 GMT -5
We have a raffle here at work - donate to our relief fund via payroll deduction, and be put into a raffle for 2 tickets for tomorrow night. I know I have a teeny tiny chance, but of course I had to do it!
Is it bad that I laughed when I read their reasons for protesting?
Did you laugh at this part: Referring to the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox as “titan perverts” playing “goofy sports,” anti-gay advocates with the Westboro Baptist Church have announced they will protest outside Busch Stadium this weekend.
or this part?
“The worthless strutting peacocks of these two baseball teams…will wallow in a sea of blood-red as they pour their energy into glorifying themselves instead of God,” the protestors announced in a press release Sunday. “Very fitting that these two teams should be symbolized by red – for the blood of murdered unborn babies by the millions, thousands killed in unrighteous wars, and bloody fag filth.”
Yes and Yes!
And then the part in my head where I thought of the players thinking they are glorifying themselves and thinking I would like to glorify some of them and call out God while doing so. I bet the Westboro assholes would love to protest that too.
Mistah Mayah Mumbles Menino is already urging fans to be polite and safe-what's he trying to say about Red Sox fans, huh?
My BFF is going to the game tonight! She sent me a picture of her ticket and I am so jealous but SO happy for her!!! Her seats are near the opposing (loser Cardinals) team's dugout so I hope I see her on TV.
GO SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My niece goes to BU and I guess the Ellen show was there giving away tickets if you dressed as the green monstah! She didn't win tickets but she will be on the show today
I have hazy memories of climbing the outside of the monster in 2004 before the riot police broke it all up. lols.
These 8 pm games are going to kill me though. I'm old now.
I have video of someone falling off the monster and smacking his head on the ground in 2004 when security tried to chase him down. I don't recommend climbing that thing
Meeee! Third generation Red Sox fan here. My whole family texts during the games. I've converted H, too, and DD is a budding fan. The baby hasn't decided yet.
I was pregnant with DS1 when they wnet last time (Sox) and he was going to be named David or Johnny after ortiz and damon. He isn't named either of those.. but his middle name is David! Die hard Sox fan here
Even this die hard Sox fan knows which team is best.
Photo shop.. has to be. A cambridge boy wouldn't do this.
I know, right? Although, we respect the Cardinals, don't we? From one baseball town to another? He would never be caught dead in any Yankees gear, for sure.
Which reminds me, there's a mini-controversy in New York because mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio is a Red Sox fan.
Photo shop.. has to be. A cambridge boy wouldn't do this.
I know, right? Although, we respect the Cardinals, don't we? From one baseball town to another? He would never be caught dead in any Yankees gear, for sure.
Which reminds me, there's a mini-controversy in New York because mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio is a Red Sox fan.
Yeah never Yankees. I don't hate the CArdinals for sure. My daugher at the tender age of 3 would put her thumb down and say "I don't like the Yankees" and she had no idea why lol
We live in Yankee territory. Around here, it is custom to say "Nice hat" when you see someone wearing a Red Sox cap (or nice shirt or whatever). It's like a secret code for LET'S GO RED SOX!! WICKED AWESOME!!!