Ok, enough already...
I own Red Sox mugs, Red Sox shirts, Red Sox pins, Red Sox cards, Red Sox posters, Red Sox banners, A Red Sox clock, Red Sox stickers, Red Sox magnets, a Red Sox license plate surround - and in my lifetime, they could have bought a middle reliever with all the hats I've purchased.
But now they've gone too far for this Red Sox fan:
After the 2004 Red Sox championship season, the entire field was replaced and the infield was preserved. Under the watchful eye of MLB authenticators, portions of the field were removed, transported and transplanted on a turf farm in Rhode Island.
A limited amount of Fenway Championship Sod is now available to become a part of Red Sox fans' lawns and gardens.
Your piece of Red Sox history
The sod will be cut into 18" x 9" rectangles and can be purchased for $150 (plus 5% sales tax).
Fans will be invited to pick up their sod at 9 a.m. on September 24, 2005 at Fenway Park Gate B. Parking will be available in the Brookline Avenue parking lot across from the Red Sox ticket office. Sorry, orders cannot be shipped.
They want 150 bucks for an 18" x 9" piece of freakin' dirt... and they won't even guarantee that Nomar walked on it?!!!
They've now officially crossed the line between capitalization and exploitation.
Talk about balls...
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Worth a read:
- The way Great Grandpa Knew Baseball: Old-Fashioned Version of America's Pastime Catches On Across the Country.
- America's Not Worth Saving: A new Harris poll confirms that the New York Yankees (a pox on them) are America's favorite team.
Here's the top 10:
FAVORITE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM: 1999 – 2005
"What is your favorite Major League Baseball team?"
Base: Follow Major League Baseball
Rank 1999 | Rank 2003 | Rank 2004 | Rank 2005 | |
New York Yankees | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Atlanta Braves | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Chicago Cubs | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Boston Red Sox | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
New York Mets | 12 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 7 | 8 | =9 | 7 |
Cincinnati Reds | 13 | 10 | =19 | =8 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 18 | =18 | =9 | =8 |
Chicago White Sox | 20 | 27 | 27 | =10 |
San Francisco Giants | 26 | 9 | 7 | =10 |
Well, look on the bright side, public opinion can't count for much in a nation that handed George W. Bush a second term...
