Hank S and the Red Sox

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I do not think that it is shocking. The Red Sox were such tough luck losers for so long and such an underdog to the big bad evil empire Yankees that I guess that people started to root for them. The Sox also had a huge payroll, but it paled in comparison to the Yanks too. Nobody likes a bully and that what the yanks have been considered for a long time. Almost like this years Patriots, outside of Mass how many people in the country were really rooting for the Pats? Everyone loves an underdog.

They're not underdogs anymore.....and the payroll has caught up