Aye, if that’s what it is, that’s what it is — I didn’t zone it. And I don’t have to include towns and cities that aren’t Boston under the sociopolitical umbrella of Boston. Boston can’t control the social climate, political policy, or social institutions of towns and cities that aren’t Boston. That’s just not the way…

Show me the thoughtful, cogent, time-consuming journalistic work being done in these burn-pieces on Boston, and I’ll gladly concede. But you won’t, because you can’t. Not in sports journalism. The writers just aren’t writing about the actual situation, because they don’t actually care about dismantling racism in…

I don’t disagree with that, but I also don’t see how it’s a response to my point.

We’ll see how not progressive we in Massachusetts are when Romneycare saves our asses from the AHCA and the City of Boston starts raking on recreational cannabis under a conservative governor, meaning that even our conservatives are more progressive than most other states’ progressives.

Look, I’m not here to say…

I think this is part of what gets lost in this discussion, though: Braintree is not Boston. Nor is Revere or Malden or Medford or Quincy or Lynn or Dedham et al. Boston itself is less than half non-hispanic whites, with strong representation in black and LatinX demographics.

That said, I think the city of Boston…

Brookline is a town that kind of juts up into Boston from the Southwest. Fenway itself is not far from Brookline, but there are areas far W/NW of Fenway that are still part of Boston Metro. Brookline itself has an older, more family-oriented population, with high representation in demographics like Russian and…

Cleveland Circle is in Brighton. Brighton is a neighborhood that is part of Boston Metro. Cleveland Circle is mostly BC students and young professionals. The most popular bar in Cleveland Circle is Cityside. It’s a Steelers bar. During football season, they hold a weekly Steelers party. I’ve tried to go there to watch…

Why are you talking to me like I don’t live in Boston? The parades are the same as the games: it’s mostly out-of-towners. The Patriots parade route literally goes by my office window. You know what’s going on in the office, and most of the surrounding offices, when the parade goes by? We’re all just inside doing our…

Hype wave: coming off of a playoff season in which they won the Division, Chris Sale/“best rotation in majors,” Skinny Pablo, et al. If this team is still sub-.500 after the All-Star break, there will be plenty of $5 tickets.

Buckner is ancient history. Your idea of this city is just dated. Even for much of the Sox’ last WS season, you could get tickets for like 5 bucks, because if the team isn’t riding a hype wave, the out-of-towners don’t come. If the out-of-towners dont come, the tickets just don’t sell. That should tell you everything…

Ay, I agree with all of this. I actively root against the Sox because I can’t stand their fans and how they conduct themselves when they visit our city. This most recent incident is a perfect example.

Right, no, the city with the best hospitals, colleges, and tech companies in the world is just a bunch of anti-NY Sox fans pissing and moaning about NY.

I do. Live, work, pay taxes - you name it. I share a building and neighborhood with people who are white, Somali, Brazillian, Pakistani, Indian, Dominican, Chinese, male, female, trans, gay, bi, single, married, Catholic, Orthodox Jewish, etc. In my workplace, much of the same. Our music scene is diverse and inclusive…

Realistically speaking, the Red Sox and their fans are like 1/1,000,000th of the culture of this city. Most of the people who live here are completely indifferent to them. Some, like myself, think they’re one of a few unsightly blemishes on an otherwise wonderful city (I’m looking at you, MBTA.) So talk all the smack…

You’re not exaggerating. I used to also be indifferent toward the Red Sox as well. Now I wish they’d airlift the damn stadium right out of the city.

I would add that the vast majority of people who go to Red Sox games are not from Boston. Most of them come into the city from the smaller cities, suburbs and rural areas up and down the eastern half of the state.

As a person who lives in Boston, but commutes out to a smaller town a few days a week for work, I can…

you guys know he means from head injuries, right? not lack of education? jeez.

you’re not clowning anyone, you’re just being obnoxious because you’re embarrassed that you expressed yourself like a 5 year old in public forum.

my favorite sports broadcasting moment ever was actually the closing credits of the 2004 world series on Fox, the very uncharacteristic, yet sublimely apropo use of “The Golden Age” by Beck.

when people say “Boston is a racist city” (for context, i’m from here and i agree that Boston is a racist city), they don’t mean that people who are from Boston are racist. yes, there are racists in Boston, and yes there are some areas of Boston that are less than friendly if you’re not a white, Irish guy, but on a…