The Red Sox Fans Are Coming

How about a riddle...Who Am I?

I bought 2 $10 upper deck tickets to see the worst team in baseball, the Washington Nationals, play a Wednesday night game in Washington, DC. I paid $30 above face value per ticket, spending a total of $80 for the worst seats in the house?

Give Up?

Answer: A Red Sox Fan

This week marks the worst week in the history of the Washington Nationals. The Boston Red Sox will be in town at National's park for a three game midweek series.

Whenever a team like the Sox comes to town, all the bandwagon fans come out of the woodwork. The fans who have never even been to Boston. The fans who never even had a layover in Massachusetts. The fans who have never even seen a picture of the New England area. They will take the night off work from their jobs packin kahs and invade Nats Park.

In order to get tickets to this series, you had to enter your email into a lottery before the season. Red Sox Nation DC Local 1324 was on top of things. Sox fans flooded the Nats ticket selection lottery and who knows how many tickets they ended up with. Between them and the scalpers, I'd guess maybe 4 actual Nationals fans were able to pull tickets.

These games can go either 1 of 2 ways. First, the Sox could win. Although they are supposed to win, Sox fans will high five each other with every run scored like they just won the championship. You see a Red Sox fan doesn't celebrate their team scoring, they celebrate the people around them's team getting scored on. 11-0 won't stop the cheering and gloating.

The second possibility is what happens when the Celtics fans come to the Verizon Center. The game is close and Boston fans are worried. In the end DC wins and Boston fans go home actually sad. Like really sad inside over a game. You see a Red Sox fan doesn't care if a loss has no bearing on the standings, they are upset if their team loses while they are at a game. In fact they probably don't even know how many games ahead the Sox are.

So if you have tickets, and aren't in the mood to make a decent profit, enjoy the game. But be prepared, your Bill Buckner comments don't hold as much weight as they used to.

Bonus Challenge:

If you are at the game, go up to a girl with a Red Sox hat and ask her why she likes the Sox. If her answer is not "I'm from New England" punch her in the face. (joking...ish)