Best Fans in Baseball? (Red Sox)

[UMFan83]

2 weeks of bad baseball and they are about ready to no show at Fenway

 

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/08/31/sox_tickets_suddenly_theyre_not_so_hot/

 

I don't know where I stand on the issue. On one hand, I applaud them for not putting up with crap baseball for even an extremely short period of time. You only wish Cub fans could do the same.

 

On the other, 2 weeks of bad baseball two seasons after winning it all and you are going to stop supporting the team? You don't want to see a bunch of 'third string players'? How can you call yourselves great baseball fans if you won't support the team when its on a temporary downswing. I can see when Cubs fans are disgusted because we have been given mostly crap product over the past 98 seasons. The Red Sox however, have a philosophy that mostly works and produces winning teams.

[MembersOnlyJacket]

2 weeks of bad baseball and they are about ready to no show at Fenway

 

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/08/31/sox_tickets_suddenly_theyre_not_so_hot/

 

I don't know where I stand on the issue. On one hand, I applaud them for not putting up with crap baseball for even an extremely short period of time. You only wish Cub fans could do the same.

 

On the other, 2 weeks of bad baseball two seasons after winning it all and you are going to stop supporting the team? You don't want to see a bunch of 'third string players'? How can you call yourselves great baseball fans if you won't support the team when its on a temporary downswing. I can see when Cubs fans are disgusted because we have been given mostly crap product over the past 98 seasons. The Red Sox however, have a philosophy that mostly works and produces winning teams.

 

It's a supply and demand issue. I am certain that the park will be full the rest of the season. Many middle class families haven't seen a ballgame because it's impossible to get tickets or the premium is out of their price range. This is an opportunity for people to get tickets at face value (which is still way overpriced). They singled out a few folks who spent a lot of money on tickets and are grumpy that the team is playing poorly and the key players are out of the lineup. Boohoo for them. Nobody is going to pay double face for tickets.

[daske17]

2 weeks of bad baseball and they are about ready to no show at Fenway

 

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/08/31/sox_tickets_suddenly_theyre_not_so_hot/

 

I don't know where I stand on the issue. On one hand, I applaud them for not putting up with crap baseball for even an extremely short period of time. You only wish Cub fans could do the same.

 

On the other, 2 weeks of bad baseball two seasons after winning it all and you are going to stop supporting the team? You don't want to see a bunch of 'third string players'? How can you call yourselves great baseball fans if you won't support the team when its on a temporary downswing. I can see when Cubs fans are disgusted because we have been given mostly crap product over the past 98 seasons. The Red Sox however, have a philosophy that mostly works and produces winning teams.

 

To me it seems Red Sox fans are the ultimate in "what have you done for me lately?" baseball fans. Before they won the World Series, there was a reason behind it. They were tired of always losing to the Yankees and never winning the WS. That's a hard habit to break after 86 years.

[UK1679666180]

As far as generalizations, I'd say, they are the most passionate about their team as a whole. I think they follow their team closer than any other fan base and they know more about their team than any other fan base.

[halplm]

they also are a team for an incredibly tiny city. There's very little competition for attention... especially in the summer.

[MembersOnlyJacket]

they also are a team for an incredibly tiny city. There's very little competition for attention... especially in the summer.

 

Boston is the 11th largest metropolitan area at 4.5 million.

 

As for the rest of the season; it's a long Winter ahead, the Pats look mediocre this year, the Celtics stink, the Bruins play but no one will care when the Sox start back. People will show up the rest of the season and look forward to 6 months from now.

[ltb]

they know more about their team than any other fan base.

 

I disagree - many Red Sox fans I know can't name a player that isn't Ortiz or Manny. It's just hip to like them.

[chuckywang]

Who the hell cares about the Red Sox?

[UMFan83]

Who the hell cares about the Red Sox?

 

New England and ESPN

[RockTheIvy]

Wrong. We know from Joe Buck that baseball's best fans live in St. Louis, with the better ones in East St. Louis I'm sure.

[halplm]

they also are a team for an incredibly tiny city. There's very little competition for attention... especially in the summer.

 

Boston is the 11th largest metropolitan area at 4.5 million.

 

As for the rest of the season; it's a long Winter ahead, the Pats look mediocre this year, the Celtics stink, the Bruins play but no one will care when the Sox start back. People will show up the rest of the season and look forward to 6 months from now.

 

How do you define metropolitan area? Any area big enough will get you a lot of people.

 

Trust me, having lived there, it's tiny. It has a smaller fan base than most cities with teams, they simply go to more games... because there's nothing else to do...

 

And fenway... trust me, you have to be die-hard to say you enjoy watching a game there...

[UMFan83]

they also are a team for an incredibly tiny city. There's very little competition for attention... especially in the summer.

 

Boston is the 11th largest metropolitan area at 4.5 million.

 

As for the rest of the season; it's a long Winter ahead, the Pats look mediocre this year, the Celtics stink, the Bruins play but no one will care when the Sox start back. People will show up the rest of the season and look forward to 6 months from now.

 

How do you define metropolitan area? Any area big enough will get you a lot of people.

 

Trust me, having lived there, it's tiny. It has a smaller fan base than most cities with teams, they simply go to more games... because there's nothing else to do...

 

And fenway... trust me, you have to be die-hard to say you enjoy watching a game there...

 

I've lived there too, the metro is pretty big its just more spaced out and less dense then Chicago. You also have to consider that all of New England has adopted the Red Sox as their team. That includes all of New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, and half of Connecticut.

[RockTheIvy]

they also are a team for an incredibly tiny city. There's very little competition for attention... especially in the summer.

 

Boston is the 11th largest metropolitan area at 4.5 million.

 

As for the rest of the season; it's a long Winter ahead, the Pats look mediocre this year, the Celtics stink, the Bruins play but no one will care when the Sox start back. People will show up the rest of the season and look forward to 6 months from now.

 

How do you define metropolitan area? Any area big enough will get you a lot of people.

 

Trust me, having lived there, it's tiny. It has a smaller fan base than most cities with teams, they simply go to more games... because there's nothing else to do...

 

And fenway... trust me, you have to be die-hard to say you enjoy watching a game there...

 

I've lived there too, the metro is pretty big its just more spaced out and less dense then Chicago. You also have to consider that all of New England has adopted the Red Sox as their team. That includes all of New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, and half of Connecticut.

 

Right. NESN reaches a TON of people.