If you could abolish one player/thing from the Red Sox...

[Palmoripken]

I took that into consideration when I used 60 percent as my estimate.

Also, when I visited Fenway Park twice in 1993, the Orioles were contending for the division title, while the Red Sox were having a bad year. They (the Red Sox fans) weren't very hospitable.

When I went there in September of 2009, I was treated better.

I suspect that because we were in the process of finishing out our 12th consecutive losing season in 2009, that "better treatment" was because I was looked upon as a "loveable loser" ...... whereas in 1993, that was not the case.

In my paranoid mind that smells of phoniness.

I actually rooted for them in the 2004 ALCS because I had pity for them. For me, the Yankees are always going to be my most number one hated but the past decade have moved the Sox into a close second.

[mi_oriolesfan]

Has to be Ortiz. If he isn't the physical embodiment of all things Red Sox, I don't what is. Loud, obnoxious, unclassy, entitled, one dimensional.

[Dipper9]

I said Other. I cannot stand Gomes yanking on his helmet 45 times each pitch. I hate it. It grates on my nerves so bad.

It's even worse when he then yanks a 3 run bomb over the Monster.

[zxlkho]

"Boston strong"

[MagicBird]

The poll is flawed because the only real answer would be ALL OF THE ABOVE.

[Tx Oriole]

What would it be?

There is just so much about this franchise that makes me grind my teeth it's hard for me to choose. What say you?

My question is why worry about them. Doesn't the pink hats have to do with the

fight against breast cancer? Beards are a personal thing so I don't care either way

I don't hate the BoSox or anyone else for that matter. At my age I can't afford to

hate someone. Don't want The Lord asking me why I hated when I stand before

Him.

Last nights loss was a tough one to lose. But those things happen. That's the way

baseball is. Maybe some of their fans acted nutty. But that's the way some fans

are. If the game had been in Baltimore and I could have been there and the O's

came back to win I would have been cheering my head off. IMO

[byrdz]

Lose the freaking beards already!

We get it! Your hipster beards are cool and quirky, but now that everyone is doing it, no one cares.

P.S. Nothing against the original beard wearing guys out there! This is purely a Red Sox hate thing.

[Mr Snuffleupagus]

Don't want The Lord asking me why I hated when I stand before

Him.

... and then I'll say it's the "Red Sox" and he'll let me walk right on through

[McLovin]

Pedroia.

As a baseball fan, I love the guy. As an Oriole fan, I can't stand to see him come to the plate. I always expect to see him standing on first or second at the end of his AB every time up no matter who he's facing. Infuriating. Because of him I never take a lead against the Red Sox for granted.

He's #1 on my list of players I don't want at the plate vs. the O's. Such a great player though - and he sets the tone for the entire team, top to bottom - culture, play, etc.

[Jonesy10]

Players

1. Pedroia

2. Ortiz

3. Lackey

4. Ross

Things

1. Beards

2. Cockiness/Smugness/Entitlement surrounding the team

3. Their ridiculous strike zone

[PeteU]

I'd just put the entire fanbase in a giant time machine and send them all back to 2003, so that they could revert to being the self-deprecating woobies that they once were. They were much more tolerable then.

[isestrex]

[VeveJones007]

That joke of a ballpark. You can only put so much makeup on a pig.

[Austin]

Pedroia has a perfect "What the F?" face at the end of this GIF.

[Austin]

I don't have to look at the numbers. I can see with my eyes. Pedroia is the single toughest out the

Orioles face over the course of a season.Hell of a baseball player. The new Jeter.

I agree. I know the numbers will prove me wrong but he seems like the toughest out in baseball. The guy just doesn't give up and puts up good ABs even when he makes an out. Just look at the 9th inning today and yesterday, he couldn't be denied.