Luke Scott's Jealousy of Boston Finally Boils Over

"[Red Sox] fans come in and they take over the city. They're ruthless. They're vulgar. They cause trouble. They talk about your family. Swear at you. Who likes that? When people do that, it just gives you more incentive to beat them. Then when things like [the last game of last season] happen, you celebrate even more."

That's what Luke Scott of the Tampa Bay Rays had to say about the fans of the Boston Red Sox. Scott played for Baltimore last year when the Orioles beat the Sox on the final night of the season. A few minutes later, Evan Longoria's walk-off homer for Tampa Bay officially eliminated Boston from playoff contention.

Luke Scott called that night "the greatest night in baseball history."

Look, Luke... I'm sorry you've been stuck in shitty-ass Baltimore for the last four years. Congrats on getting out to Tampa, by the way. You won't have to worry about vulgar fans there — you'll just have an empty ballpark instead.

All I'm seeing here is a guy who can't accept the reality of professional sports. I'm also seeing a guy who makes rash generalizations about an entire fan base on the basis of a few select instances. Everyone knows that Boston is a crazy sports town. Everyone is aware that Fenway Park fills up with a bunch of Massholes every night who slug way too many beers and get all aggressive and shit. But you want to know something about those Massholes? They would give their own blood, sweat and tears (and many of us have done so, with any combination of those three things) for their team. They're going to be angry when they lose. They'll be thrilled when they win. When their players succeed, they will praise them. But when they start sucking, Boston fans aren't going to let you off the hook.

That's reality. But Luke Scott clearly prefers to play baseball without any pressure, without any fans, without the element of allegiance. Tampa is the perfect spot for him, in that case. Like I said, the fans there won't be insulting his family and swearing (God forbid!) at him. Because there won't be any fans in the ballpark at all.

Disliking the Boston fan base is a personal choice, and he has every right to have that feeling. But the last night of last season was "the greatest night in baseball history?" Really bro? You know your career is bad when the highlight of it is winning Game #162 of a season in which you missed the playoffs for the billionth year in a row.

Whatever floats your boat, man. Keep flaunting your .000 career postseason batting average.