Comments on: Red Sox Nation vs. Rays Republic

By: LouT

LouT — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:50:54 +0000

Yeah! I have respect for the true Red Sox fans, because they have been through a lot, and deserve to cheer for a winning team. But Sox fans should embrace the Rays fans. You guys have been around since 1901! We’ve been around since 1998! Give us some time to develop a fan base here! And I think you guys can relate to a team that has been beaten up by the Yankees for years and can now FINALLY give them a run for their money. We can all just look at the bright side…the Yankees can get their butt kicked by TWO divisional teams now!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:33:43 +0000

Alright. As a Tampa Bay native, I must admit, I’ve only been interested in the Rays the past couple of seasons. But cut us a break! They were absolutely TERRIBLE! You are forgetting how young this franchise is…we haven’t been around that long at all. That said, I WAS a fan before this season, and I’m not huge on all of the new supporters. My family still reps the ugly green and purple from the good ol’ days and the phrase “D-Rays for life” is used often. We were there for ‘Country Night’, and I was ready to shoot some people sitting next to me.

HOWEVER…Red Sox fans are so common these days it’s ridiculous. Yes, I know there is ‘Red Sox Nation’ and truly die-hard fans, but I’m pretty sure that Boston INVENTED the ‘bandwagon’ fans. I’m sure half of the supposed Sox fans couldn’t name five players on the team.

Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics…all of those teams have HUGE amount of bandwagon fans. C’mon.

By: Rays Fan1

Rays Fan1 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:46:32 +0000

Sawks fans rule!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xku90I53yN8

By: gretchen0720

gretchen0720 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:10:09 +0000

Rays “bandwagon fans” suck. That’s all I can say. Never in my life had I had such an awful experience at 3 games. My car was defaced in their parking lot, I was demeaned when I had to walk past certain people, I saw people getting hit with brooms. It was absolutely barbaric, and all I could think of was TG’s experience in Cleveland. What’s sadly comical is that last night, security was throwing out Rays fans left & right.

What tops the article off more, is that a news station began asking random people questions about the Rays and the majority still think that Evan Longoria has a hot sister….or didn’t even know who was pitching for them…THAT NIGHT.

…..and I had to laugh that the article was written by a Tom Jones, I mean.. how, um, original!

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:45:11 +0000

i left a nasssssssssttttttttttty comment. they became fans like today. and that article? ten reasons to hate the rays!

By: SoxAddict

SoxAddict — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:22:10 +0000

Is Jose Caneseco really a reason for us to want to be Rays fans?! I try to pretend he never played here and Tampa Bay should do the same.

By: caryn

caryn — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:43:07 +0000

but can i buy a cliff floyd rays shirt online?? noooooo.
can i buy a number shirt for ANY rays player online? noooo.

that they should take some lessons from y’all on.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:36:48 +0000

the Tamper article was written by Tom Jones!

By: james

james — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:18:13 +0000

that was seriously funny, i’m impressed.

By: On Deck Sports

On Deck Sports — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:16:53 +0000

HERE! HERE!