Just as the Red Sox proved the critics wrong, Maine can compete and can win.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too.
We picked the Red Sox because they lose. If you root for something that loses for 86 years, you're a pretty good fan. You don't have to win everything to be a fan of something.
New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and not just in baseball, but all sports. But Red Sox Nation is Red Sox Nation.
With the Red Sox, you have more of a literary interest in it. You know they're going to lose; you're just interested in how the plot is going to unfold.
I am a huge Red Sox fan.
There's so much passion and so much interest in the Red Sox in Boston.
We all know the Red Sox did not win a World Series for 86 years after unloading Ruth, and the Cubs just might be carrying some heavy weight for past karmic transgressions.
We can't do the same things the Yankees do. Given the economics, we'll lose.
I find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. But, like, everyone on the Red Sox is a random millionaire athlete from somewhere else.
No matter what losses happen in a given season, the Red Sox always have next year.