Riffing off of the Mookie threads, where I brought up that we rooted for Jose Canseco on the Red Sox, what member of the team do you think was the most disliked one ever at the time of acquisition?
I'm not looking for your irrational hatred of Toby Borland, or even rational hatred of Toby Borland. I'm looking for the guy when the Sox signed or traded for him that you think the most Sox fans said, "holy shit, I hate that guy".
I know you hate John Wasdin. We all hate John Wasdin. But when John Wasdin was added to the roster no one said "Fuck that guy". Same with Calvin Schiraldi. We all hate Calvin Schiraldi, but when he joined the team most opinions were "let's see what this guy's got".
I expect to see names like Mike Torrez, David Wells and Ramiro Mendoza: embedded Yankees will likely rule this thread. Maybe not Rickey Henderson . . . but maybe?
Oh, and Canseco played for the Yankees after the Sox, but he is certainly worthy of your hate
EDIT SINCE FOLKS ARE GETTING UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT:
The concept is when we heard the Sox added the guy we were immediately pissed and said NOT THAT GUY.
Not a guy who came here and sucked or became a piece of shit (The Cordero Exception). Conversely, if we hated him and then he turned out to be pretty good (The Lackey Clause), THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
I'm not looking for your irrational hatred of Toby Borland, or even rational hatred of Toby Borland. I'm looking for the guy when the Sox signed or traded for him that you think the most Sox fans said, "holy shit, I hate that guy".
I know you hate John Wasdin. We all hate John Wasdin. But when John Wasdin was added to the roster no one said "Fuck that guy". Same with Calvin Schiraldi. We all hate Calvin Schiraldi, but when he joined the team most opinions were "let's see what this guy's got".
I expect to see names like Mike Torrez, David Wells and Ramiro Mendoza: embedded Yankees will likely rule this thread. Maybe not Rickey Henderson . . . but maybe?
Oh, and Canseco played for the Yankees after the Sox, but he is certainly worthy of your hate
EDIT SINCE FOLKS ARE GETTING UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT:
The concept is when we heard the Sox added the guy we were immediately pissed and said NOT THAT GUY.
Not a guy who came here and sucked or became a piece of shit (The Cordero Exception). Conversely, if we hated him and then he turned out to be pretty good (The Lackey Clause), THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
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