The Buffy Thing

[dancerjodi]

I guess I've always had a love/hate relationship with the Red Sox. I love them in that "yeah, love that dirty water" kind of way. I feel bad for them as the underdogs that they tend to be (though, this year it looks like things are going better). I like the idea of baseball as the old-american-get-me-some-peanuts-and-crackerjacks past time. And the green monster is cool, even if it is on Llandsdowne Street :)



That said, I've never been to a game.

Spending 4 years of college in the Fenway and commuting by car for 3 of those years made me REALLY hate the Red Sox. Getting in or out of school when there was a game was a nightmare. I needed to get to school by 7:30 AM if I wanted to park in our lot (it would fill up fast) even if my first class wasn't until 2:00 PM because after our lot was filled we had to park the few long blocks away at the Sears Building (where that big Fenway Theater is now, back then it was just an old, funky looking deserted building). On game-days however we weren't allowed to park there so it was your tough luck to find something else where you could leave the car for a couple of hours (without getting a ticket when your meter ran out). Yeah, and as a student I paid $400 per year for the privilege to park at school - compared to the $20 or so that The Northeastern students paid. Bitter? Nah! Its not like our tuition cost more than all of the other schools around there with the exception of Harvard Medical ;)

I remember almost clocking two rabid fans in the head when one of them (in a large truck) wasn't paying attention as he merged onto The Riverway ramp after just coming off of Storrow Drive. He was looking left for the chance to go and neglected to look in front of him where I was in my good ole Plymouth Gran Fury. The impact was enough to slam my boat of a car, bend the frame AND push me into the Nissan Sentra in front of me (afterwards the Sentra guy stared in wonder at the dents that mr. truck and I had and said "WOW, I'm glad he hit you first so that you obsorbed all of the impact, he would have killed me if he hit me going that fast).

We sat there exchanging info while game traffic welled around us and the two of them started shooting the shit about the game. "I HATE THE FRIGGIN RED SOX" I belted out, "I'm just trying to get to the bookstore to get my books for school" and they looked at me very confusedly. I was in serious Boston-driver mode to begin with and the boys in blue and red and white just added to the situation.

So I guess I don't really hate the Red Sox as much as I hate their fans when they get crazy and irrational (kind of like, I hate overly drunk people). Who gave them permission to interfere in *my* day? ;) I actually didn't get upset last night when I sat down to watch the new Buffy The Vampire Slayer as scheduled - it was one of those ' ah look, its the Red Sox interfering with my day, *shrugs*' moments. I think we've learned to live together now.

But on that note, one of these days I'll actually get my butt to a game. I'm not a sports fan, I don't drink alcohol so I'm not going to load up on piss-tasting, expensive beer - but I think I just need to do it as much as any self-respecting Masshole should. And I'll flip someone off while I'm driving thay-a for good measure, too!

Comments

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

dude, it took me two and a half hours to get to watertown from school on friday... between it being opening day, it pouring down rain, the game being cancelled... i hate the red sox. but then once the schol year ends, i don't anymore, it's just trying to get to school... i can take the bus, but you know, it's sort of silly to spend two and a half hours going FIVE MILES.

Yup,

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"dude, it took me two and a half hours to get to watertown from school on friday... between it being opening day, it pouring down rain, the game being cancelled... i hate the red sox."

Hee hee, I know that you're coming from EXACTLY the same place that I did (mentally) :)

"but then once the schol year ends, i don't anymore, it's just trying to get to school... i can take the bus, but you know, it's sort of silly to spend two and a half hours going FIVE MILES."

Yeah, I was trecking in from Waltham, so I either had to get a ride or take a cab to the Riverside T or take the 70 bus to:
-Watertown Square to get the Kenmore Square bus from Galen Street or
-Take the 70 all the way to Central Square and take the bus from there that went to the Longwood Medical area (maybe the 47? I can't remember?)

Re: Yup,

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

yeah, at least the 57 just goes straight to school basically, and i't less than half a mile from my house.

*sigh*

less than a month left of school anyway.

~a

[tiamatlady]

Northeastern students actually pay about $100 a quarter for parking, in the one garage and few lots. Since I've been there, they've closed most of the lots, to build building or dorms, and then continue to promote themselves as a "commuter school." If you wanted a spacein the garage, you HAD to get there by 7:30, regardless of when you had class, unless you went to night school. I didn't have my car for my undergrad, and even tho I had an hour and a half commute, it was better than driving. I drove and parked when I took some classes for a certificate program, hence how I know about the parking.

And it totally sucked when the Sox played, because it would trickle to the campus, and the students used any excuse to drink to excess and be annoying.

I was PISSED when I say the Sox on, I'm just glad I checked since I was heading to the store, and setting a tape. I'm very glad I could watch it later. DON'T read any spoilers!

Hmm

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"Northeastern students actually pay about $100 a quarter for parking,"

That's odd, I remember Ardyth paying WAY less than I did for parking (and she lived on campus too - you're not even given the option of a parking permit if you're a resident student at Simmons, there's just not enough space) :)

"and even tho I had an hour and a half commute, it was better than driving."

That was the frustrating thing (and why I brought the car). By car it took me 20 minutes or so to get to school . . . by public transportation about 1.5 to 2 hours!

"And it totally sucked when the Sox played, because it would trickle to the campus, and the students used any excuse to drink to excess and be annoying."

Heh, and now you see why I moved home after one year in the dorms :)

Re: Hmm

[tiamatlady]

Well I didn't drive then, but I do remember it always being expensive.

And I moved out of the dorms mostly because my roommate was a dirty slut who stole the man I was infatuated with *grins*

The commute wasn't that bad, unless I had an 8AM class. Definately better than my other option. The other college I looked at was two buses and two trains to then walk 10 minutes. (Heee, it's also why I thought Waltham was on the other side of the world - I was considering Bentley until I tried the commute. And they were stuffy and stupid too *grins*)

[deadwinter.livejournal.com]

The Sox are actually a pretty good team, and they have probably the best pitcher in the league. My gripe is with the stupid drunken fans. For one thing, I have never given a rat's ass about sports. Secondly the Soz fan are particularly obnoxious: drunken, rowdy and annoying.

They are always bitching about Clemmens, as if he ASKED to be traded.

They're whiny, they have been whining for almost a 100 years. They sold the best player the game has ever seen to NY for a pittance and they DESERVE the curse.

The whole "YANKEES SUCK" thing REALLY gets my goat. Why do they suck? They have won more championships, have better players and win more games (as a general rule). Therefore they have more money to get better players and win more games. I am trying very hard to understand how you can suck by being the absolute best at what you do.

Anyway, I have run out of steam...thus ends my rant.

Sports are dumb, kick them.