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Originally Posted by mredskins
Before 2004 when the Sox still had not won I truley loved those teams, they felt like my team or just Boston's team. Now I still love them but it is not the same because so many band wagon people have jumped on board. It feels watered down, if that makes sense.
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As you may recall, I grew up in Mass. (22 years to be exact). My great uncle was a Boston Redskins fan, and followed them to DC, and he taught me football, thus I am a Skins fan. I hate the pats for lots of reasons, but a major one is that no one gave two shits about them back in the 70's and 80's. Drew Bledsoe revived that team. That being said, I am uncertain of your point with the Red Sox...I love my Sox regardless of the fair weather fans. Every team that wins will have fans that come out of nowhere...it's disgusting. If the Skins win this year, there will be millions that jump on our wagon too. That's life. Remember when everyone was a 49ers fan? Where are they now? In short, I don't love my Sox any less just cause others "water it down". I am unsure if that is your point, but that is kind of what it sounded like.
Fair weather fans do annoy me a lot, but there is nothing you can do about it. I got crap cause the Celtics won and people called me a fair weather fan out here. I used to go to 2 or 3 games a year before I left, and I've always been a Celtics fan, but people that do not know I am from Boston thought I was jumping on. It sucks...but that's life.