Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon blamed the New York media for creating a firestorm that resulted in his pregnant wife being threatened on Tuesday.
MLB.com reported that during a red carpet parade for the All-Star Game that went down Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, Papelbon and his wife Ashley were bombarded by insults from fans.
“I feel like I needed to be in a bullet-proof car,” Papelbon said, according to the Web site. “My wife is pregnant and she’s getting her life threatened. It’s stupid.”
Thanks to ESPN for the intro. Are you fucking kidding me? Has this rivalry bullshit gotten this bad?
I hate this journalistic fueled bullshit rivalry. I’m sick of ESPN, NESN, the Globe, Herald, NY Times and everyone else forcing this down my throat. NESN showing Yankee highlights right after Sox highlights and showing the standings between the two while still referring to them as the Evil Empire. But most of all I’m sick of the four and a half hour games every time they meet.
I would hope that if this were in Boston that Sox fans would show a little more class than Yankees fans but alas Red Sox Nation really has become a bunch of pink hat knuckle heads. The same fucking idiots that chant “Yankees Suck” in the seventh inning of a Kansas City Royals game are the ones that I’m sure would give Boston a bad name. Retarded, drunk college assholes from Northeastern, BU, BC, you know the fucking idiots that riot when the Sox win and get shot, all can leave “the Nation” as far as I’m concerned.
While we’re on the subject, let’s clarify the pink hat definition. A pink hat doesn’t refer to the hat itself. Who cares if a chick wants a pink hat? Certainly not me.
The pink hat is the fucking asshole waving at the camera from behind home plate while on the cell phone during a crucial moment in the game. A pink hat sees a guy wearing a Freddy Lynn jersey and asks, “Who’s that?”. A pink hat is sitting in a luxury box eating sushi and watching from the inside on a beautiful day. A pink hat shows up in the third and leaves in the eighth. A pink hat sees a triple play and doesn’t realize it, looks up and wants to know everyone else is clapping. Drunk fucking assholes that don’t even see the game because they were too drunk.
So I ask you to leave comments on this one. Tell me which “pink hats” annoy the shit out of you. Is it the shit head college kids? The cell phone wavers? You tell me.
8 Comments
July 16, 2008 at 2:03 am
Ok, settle down young fella…
If this were 2003, you’re damn right there’d be some hostility. (and there was) Alas, alot has changed since then. 2 Lombardi’s, an NBA championchip, and also 2 World Series wins later… (yeah yeah, and the Boston Bills, I mean NE Revoluton may have won a few games, the investigation is ongoing… no one can find any evidence…) I’m more confident and content than in any other time in my life…
This is how it’s s’pose to be!
July 16, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I hate the Pink hats who cheer for Ellsbury, Papelbon or Tek cause he has a nice butt. It is a waste of a ticket for a Pink hat to take up a seat while they talk to the friend or co-worker they are with instead of watching the damn game! Turn around - watch the game - and shut up.
July 16, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Pure genius. I love it.
July 17, 2008 at 12:53 am
I Love the Pink Hats…
Never before has Fenway Park looked, and smelled so nice! The female “fans” are more then welcome to my baseball stadium. So long as they…
1. Drink beers*
2. Actually give a shit about the Red Sox*
3. When I cheer, they must cheer*(even if they don’t know why)
4. Look good*
5. Stop your yappin during Sweet Caroline…*
6. Must put out during the recap show/on the way home…*
7. Needs to know the entire definition of the infield fly rule(so they can explain it to me)*
8. If you don’t know Bucky Dent, at least know the Aaron Boone incodent!*
9. Have a pulse*
10. No AIDS…*
-Shsh Sh sh sh… sh SHAKE IT UUUUUPPP!!!!
*- No Fatties!
July 17, 2008 at 12:55 am
A preview of tomorrows blog…
A POCKET FULL OF POSIES…
Jay will fill in the rest!
July 17, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Hilarious…I think cell phone users who get busted waving behind the plate should be removed the stadium and not be allowed to ever return…I also think they should be beaten about the head.
This situation is even more magnified watching games on a big beautiful HD screen…..the pink hats have now invade my living room!!!
July 17, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Pink hats don’t necessarily have to be women. They can also be men. I have seen a few men who don’t have a clue when they have just seen something amazing. Or a man who thinks that he can talk smack about the team or a player and then when they hit 400 with 30 home runs say they rooted for them all along… That’s what makes me mad as a FEMALE red sox fan! And for the record… it takes a lot more than a cute butt to make me watch a game… It takes talent and a love of the game.
July 17, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Good call on the pink hat business.
Of course it’s unfortunate when fans cross the line, but bury the Red Sox Yankees rivalry?? That’s a bit much. Would ‘04 have been as sweet if the road didn’t run through New York? I don’t think so. There’s nothing wrong with healthy rivalry.
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