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By adamg on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 9:35am
Carpundit ponders today's Herald front page, which finally gives voice to that most dispossessed of minorities: Long-time Sox fans beset by new, fair-weather Sox fans:
Why do they put sportswriters on the front page? Is everyone else sick?
Berto reads the story and wonders what turned Tony Massarotti into such a He-Man Woman Hater:
I know it must be hard for you, a reporter, sitting up in the press room, filling your face with lobster and drink, to look down and see pretty college-aged girls sitting where fat bastards like me used to be, but seriously; It's not that bad. ...
Ben Ostrander, though, agrees with Massarotti and wishes the Sox would have a couple of losing seasons so real fans could get tickets to games again.
Michael agrees about dilettante fans - he even puts together a quiz to see if you're a real fan.
Beth, though dissects Massarotti's claim, saying that if it weren't for new fans, eventually the team would have no fans:
... Newbies are how the Nation replenishes itself, the same way immigrants replenish a nation. They're how new generations come to experience Sox love, and if that love is real, whether you caught on to the "global fad" or are a die-hard from the days of Teddy Ballgame, it can't be painted with such a broad brush, and it doesn't deserve such condescension and disrespect. ...
My long-time disclosure gets annoyed at fair-weather disclosures, too.
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Comments
best part of the article
My favorite part of Massarotti's article is the line "Now the newbies feel compelled to speak because the Sox are hotter than the iPod, so they tell you how great it is that Kevin Youkilis is Greek."
Which would be great if he mentioned that the fans have gotten Youk's background wrong, in that he is actually Hungarian in origin, and Jewish.
But he doesn't mention this, suggesting to me that Massarotti's not as on top of his player bios as he thinks he is.
Mr. Massarotti didn't have
Mr. Massarotti didn't have to mention the fact that Youk is not Greek. He alluded to the fact that "newbies" proclaim "how great it is that Kevin Youkilis is Greek." Most "real" Sox fans Youk is mistaken as Greek due to the fact that he was famously referred to as "The Greek God of Walks" in the baseball themed bestseller Moneyball. We "real" fans know Youk is a Jew, as does Tony Mas.