Count me a rebel...

You may want to read the following - if you don't have time heres the summary: Fans of other teams are irritated that sox fans show up in droves and cheer harder and louder and drown out the hometown fans.

http://blogs.philly.com/blinq/2006/05/phillies_nation.html - Phillies take on the Sox fans

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.schmuck10apr10,0,2161502.column?coll=bal-home-columnists - Baltimore's opinion

While surfing dirt dogs this morning I stumbled on this beautiful article written by an entertainment columnist. It is not as quite stupid as the Baltimore one - but all I can really say is - I am sick of fans of other teams complaining about Sox fans cheering and jeering - it is part of the game!

Part of the game is having people yell things and think they know more than the next guy... part of the game is to have some 19 year old girl spit out stats and facts you never knew making your date (and hers) look like a idiotic toad.

Part of facing the Red Sox is having your stadium filled by Red Sox fans... this is a terrible complaint - if its so terrible - fill the stadium with fans from YOUR OWN HOME CITY. You can't complain about us drowning you out if you don't show up to fight back.

If you really cared that much you would only sell tickets to fans of your team - but your managment doesn't do that - why? Because NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR TEAM! You only sell out when the Sox or Yanks come into town! If you don't want the Sox fans drowning you out - get more people to like your team - namely by WINNING to do so...

Don't hate us because we show up and we know how to start a cheer. We don't need some lousy score board message prompting us to clap or chant - we just DO IT.

I don't care what team shows up and drowns you out... Sox, Yanks, Cubs, Cards.... it doesn't matter... everyone has a right to go and cheer and jeer given that they paid for a seat. Is it OUR fault we actually CARE about our team? That seat you pay for is like a right to have an opinion and a right to express that opinion in a safe, legal way. And since when is cheering your own team a crime?! If it is please let me know so I can start refering to myself as Ghandi or Martin Luther King Jr. because I'm going to resist! Count me as public enemy numero uno starting right here right now.

GO SOX!!!!

(you can bet your kid's tuition that I'm going to cheer louder in Toronto and Baltimore and Philly and every other away game when I see them now...)